Germany, Imperial. A Patriotic 1914 Iron Cross Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with minor loss of finish

with minor loss of finish evident to high-contact points

Among those featured are a BOAC air stewardess who received a posthumous George Cross having died while getting passengers out of a burning Boeing at Heathrow in 1968

with crossed swords set through the centrepiece

with the paper bearing an additional stamped maker’s mark for José Pineda of Badajoz

In July 1917 he was promoted

Germany, Imperial. A Patriotic 1914 Iron Cross Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with minor loss of finish(Patriotische Abzeichen). Constructed of Gold plated metal, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a 1914 Iron Cross, the reverse with an integral loop connecting to an original length of II Class award ribbon, unmarked, measuring 25. 66 mm in diameter, weighing 4. 5 grams (inclusive of ribbon), a striking example of patriotica in extremely fine condition.