Reconnaissance Squadron Clasp – Bronze

A lot of 10 photos and postcards, measuring between 118x89mm and 81x162mm, very fine to extremely fine condition. Almost all feature some amount of Cyrillic writing, and some are dated to between 1914 to 1923. One card was actually made in Britain, and several others in France. They show individual soldiers or groups of soldiers, except one showing the drawing of a woman, representing the martyred nation of Serbia.

Czechoslovakia (Socialist Republic); Bronze gilt with red and cream-coloured enamels, maker marked "MK" (Mincovna Kremnica) on the reverse, 44.8 mm, maker marked "STÁTNA MINCOVNA KREMNICA" on the screwback, intact enamels, scattered gilt wear on the obverse, near extremely fine. In its cardboard box of issue, red felt medal bed, very light wear, box also near extremely fine.

In zink; the obverse with a national eagle in the centre, circumscribed “Heereszeugamt Freilassing”; the reverse stamped with “5 H.W.”; one drill hole; measuring 30 mm in diameter; better than fine condition.

An “Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse”; a cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central “W”, with the re-institution date “1914” in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak-leaf branch consisting of three oak leaves, with the original institution date “1813” in raised numbers on the lower arm, a raised Prussian crown on the upper arm, with “FW” in equally raised lettering directly below; measuring 42.88 mm x 47.61 mm; weighing 14.6 grams. The Clasp of the Iron Cross Second Class reduced size in silvered tombac; all four prongs intact on the reverse; unmarked; measuring 23.54 mm x 23.15 mm; weighing 2.9 grams; the black finish on the core of the cross worn, with wear to the silver frame; in overall better than fine condition.