Germany, Imperial. An Austro-German Alliance Iron Cross Badge Archive shoulder flashes

shoulder flashes

A Waffen-Dirlewanger Brigade collar tab

He was a distinguished Portuguese career diplomat for over 40 years as a minister to Indonesia and as an ambassador to Sweden

By March 1918

number engraved "733704" on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. An Austro-German Alliance Iron Cross Badge Archive shoulder flashes(Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a 1914 Iron Cross with black enameled arms, bearing central silvered monograms of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Kaiser Wilhelm II, topped by a royal crown and above a date of 1914, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 29 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), demonstrating minor scratching to the enamels, in near extremely fine condition.