Description
measuring 11 mm (w) x 17 mm (h)
and a royal crown
gilt Iron Cross on the lid
A Luftwaffe EM/NCO’s M43 Trapezoid Cap Insignia - machine embroidered in cotton threads on grey Luftwaffe backing
mounted on a full length of good quality old original sash
Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Newly Listed measuring 11 mm (w) x(Friedrich Kreuz). Instituted on 12 December 1914. A cross patte in a bronzed war alloy cross, the obverse inscribed with the cipher of Friedrich, with an oak wreath between the arms of the cross, the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (For Merit in War), on a loop for suspension, measuring 37. 24 mm (w) x 37. 17 mm (h), and in overall extremely fine condition.