a Czechoslovak Army NCO’s badge
Prince of Waldeck & Pyrmont and Princess Bathildis
The tailpiece flap is sewn in place to the rear skirt of the smock and bears two brass studs that are designed to be drawn up between the legs of the wearer and fastened to the inside of the front skirt via the six brass snaps
In September 1939 he served with the Bad Mergentheim 170th Reserve Infantry Battalion until 1941
but the interior pages remain unaffected
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case Auction a Czechoslovak Army NCO’s badge(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a