Germany, Imperial. A First World Iron Cross Patriotic Badge Auction (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote)

(Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote)

a superb quality Knight Grand Cross Star

after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937

Stara Gradiska

An uncommon Egyptian Theatre made badge with typical lugs

Germany, Imperial. A First World Iron Cross Patriotic Badge Auction (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote)(Eisernes Kreuz Patriotische Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central W monogram, topped by a royal crown and situated above a reinstitution date of 1914, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 32 mm (h), with minor flecking of the enamels evident, in extremely fine condition.