Description
including a rare Hlinka Guard Transport badge
with glue remains on the reverse from previous collector mounting
1924 the hotel was badly damaged in a fire
July 23 - August 6
the reverse in postcard format and within a handwritten inscription indicating the photo was taken on 11 August 1916
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive including a rare Hlinka Guard(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, in near extremely fine condition.