SS-Gebirgstruppen Sleeve Edelweiss

In silver, measuring 33mm, extremely fine.

Bronze, (ROBERT HENRY SEED), marked with the worker's number "51" between the lion's rear foot and tail on the obverse, maker marked "WA" (Royal Arsenal, Woolwich) on the reverse, 121 mm, green oxidation evident on the obverse, spotting, pitted, better than very fine. Accompanied by two cards of condolence (one from George V at Buckingham Palace, the other from Secretary of State for War).

Footnote: Probationary Flight Officer Robert Henry Seed, Royal Naval Flying Corps, died on May 11, 1917 and is buried in Chingford Mount Cemetery, Chingford, Essex, England, Grave G. 10. C.R. 4877, the cemetery containing 139 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

This is a fine Hanoverian Waterloo medal issued to combatants who fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras and Waterloo between June 16th and June 18th 1815. Struck in silver with the naming officially impressed in capitals “Fähnrich Heinrich Schwarze Landwehr Bat. Salzgitter” on the edge, and measuring 34.97 mm in diameter and 3.50 mm in thickness. The medal exhibits light contact and is lightly bruised, but is overall in extremely fine condition.

Footnote: Heinrich Schwarze was promoted to Fähnrich (Flag Bearer) on April 13, 1814 and fought in the Landwehr Bataillon Salzgitter at the Battle of Quatre Bras and Waterloo from June 16-18, 1815 as part of the 3rd Brigade. The Landwehr Bataillon Salzgitter entered the battles 644 men strong, but suffered 83 casualties - the 2nd highest number of the entire 3rd Brigade.

A second war German “Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen” silver grade; oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered feinzink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. Diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle; the reverse plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch; unmarked; measuring 62.52 mm x 47.52 mm; weighing 14.4 grams; with approximately 50% of the original silvering remaining; in overall better than fine condition.