Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Fine and Important Third Reich Silver Desk Ornament Presented to Adolf Hitler, taking the form of a large ‘V’ overlaying a wreath of laurels, tied at the base wth a riband, the whole surmounted by a Swastika, the back having a folding stand in the form of a V, having a wreathed Swastika at the base. The ornament bears the following finely engraved inscriptions in Serbo-Croat, to the front of the ‘V’, reads Father of the European people our Great Leader Adolf Hitler, to the back of the stand, To you our Great Leader in your great battle, devoted to you until death, Lazor P. Radosavljevic, Belgrade, 7 November 1941. The back of the wreath being additionally engraved in German, The Fuhrer leads and Europe follows. The ornament stands 20cm high, the silver is unmarked, signs of old cleaning, old repair to hinge of stand and small piece of riband lacking £1000-1200