Germany, Imperial. An Austro-German Alliance Iron Cross Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and an additional mark of

and an additional mark of “P38”

issued onboard a vessel on 1 March 1 1945 and certified by the handwritten signature of an unidentified Fregattenkapitän

and set within a recycled piano key frame with brown resin border

He was then named Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Department and Chief of Personnel Armament and National Socialist Leadership of the Luftwaffe

with tape reinforcement of the spine and material fatigue evident that includes the loss of the bearer’s photo formerly pasted to the inside of the cover

Germany, Imperial. An Austro-German Alliance Iron Cross Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and an additional mark of(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.