1870 Iron Cross First Class

A third reich period RAD (National Labour Service/Reichsarbeitsdienst) Arbeits Dank badge; in silvered bronze, with white, black, and pebbled red enamels; vertical pinback; maker marked “Ges. Gesch.” on the reverse; measuring 23 mm x 16 mm; very fine condition.

A picture postcard, measuring 89x139mm, extremely fine condition with light discolouration and one small hole. It shows a soldier of Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant) equivalent rank of the Heeresverwaltung (Army Administration). He wears a Wound Badge in Black and a DRL Sports Badge. His ribbon bar features a War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, a Sudetenland Medal, and an Italian-German Africa Campaign Medal.

A fine example of a gently used and uniform removed Waffen-SS Standarte 2 “Germania” collar tab. It is constructed of black wool, with a set of fine quality hand embroidered SS runes with the numeral “2”, with a standard buckram core, and edged by a silver twisted string on all four sides; measuring 56 mm x 44 mm; in extremely fine condition.

A first and second war German medal ribbon bar, consisting of

1) An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class ribbon,

2) A War Merit Cross Second Class ribbon with Swords,

3) A Hindenburg Cross ribbon with Swords,

4) A Long Service Medal ribbon,

5) Border Protection Long Service Cross ribbon with Miniature Hoheitszeichen,

6) A Commemorative Olympic Participation Medal ribbon,

7) A Hungarian War Service Medal ribbon with Swords; metal core (magnetic); dark blue wool backer mostly gone due to mothing; measuring 103 mm x 17 mm; better than very fine condition. (C: 154)