Germany, Imperial. A Long Service Medal Bar for a Braunschweig First World War Combatant, with Ribbon Bar Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic One constructed of partially-silvered brass

One constructed of partially-silvered brass

(Waffen-SS Dienstgradabzeichen)

British copies of the piece were subsequently widely distributed as part of a concerted anti-German propaganda campaign

as cited on July 12

situated above an inscription of “FÜR KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT” (“FOR ART AND SCIENCE”)

Germany, Imperial. A Long Service Medal Bar for a Braunschweig First World War Combatant, with Ribbon Bar Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic One constructed of partially-silvered brass(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a Braunschweig First World War combatant who rendered long and distinguished military service, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve