Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Imperial German Army Sealed Pattern Officer’s Shoulder Board, Various Cloth Arm Badges and Sundry British WW1 Military Items comprising a silver cord with black fleck bearing a plated Imperial button and a metal crowned cypher with attached descriptive board dated 1887 complete with English translation, a printed card dated 1915 bearing part seal only and referring to some element of dress, four oval grey cloth arm badges one with a red cloth lightning flash, two variable ones to the Medical Department, the other with pale blue ‘74’ within pale blue trim, another small arm badge featuring an exploding bomb on grey cloth, a white metal die stamped crowned German badge, a lanyard in corded red white and black, a composition button stick. Together with an original full print of the British Army Act 1881, an ‘On War Service 1914’ lapel badge and a brass trench art knife with Imperial German finial 1914 Iron Cross depiction at the bottom of the hand grip but engraved ‘Souvenir of the Great War 1914 Oppy Wood 1918’, a set of John Player cigarette cards (5) ‘Army Corps & Divisional Signs 1914 - 1918’, good overall condition (parcel) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Imperial German Militaria formed by the late Stan Laver.

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