Austria, Imperial. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Neck Cross Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measures 103mm (or 4 inches)

measures 103mm (or 4 inches) in total length

a laurel wreath border tied with a ribbon at the bottom

the interior of the lid is lined with padded silk and marked “C

white and gold embroidered German Labour Front flag at the left and the red

1945 and signed in blue ink by Commanding Admiral of the U-boats Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895–1945)

Austria, Imperial. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Neck Cross Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measures 103mm (or 4 inches)(Marienkreuz des Deutschen Ritterordens). Instituted on March 26, 1871. (Issued 1885 1918). A silver Latin cross with black and white enameled arms, the obverse with a red enameled Geneva cross on a white field, surrounded by a black ring of enamels, inscribed ORDO TEUT HUMANITATI in capital lettering, the reverse with a similar white field, dated 1871, surrounded by a ring of black enamels, on a loop for suspension from its period original neck