Serbia, Kingdom. An Order of St. Sava, III Class Commander, in Case, by Sorlini Auction 9th Coast Artillery Patch

9th Coast Artillery Patch

Stitched onto the left upper arm is an insignia in the form of a black rayon baker bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey SS-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Private William Roy Stephens suffered a gun shot wound to his face on October 2

He was a resident of Johannesburg when he signed his Union Defence Force Attestation Paper as a Private

30 mm (w) x 81

Serbia, Kingdom. An Order of St. Sava, III Class Commander, in Case, by Sorlini Auction 9th Coast Artillery Patch(Orden Svetog Save). Instituted January 23rd, 1883. Type III (1921 1941 issue, c. 1935). A fine Order of St. Sava III Class Commander, constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Maltese cross with ball finials, the arms of the cross in light blue and white enamels and with Serbian double eagles with shields on their chests in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a delicately hand