World Orders and Decorations 612


Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, First Class neck badge, by Georg Humbert & Söhne, Berlin, 60mm, gold and enamel, maker’s mark ‘H&S’ to rim of central medallion, with full neck riband, minor enamel chipping to reverse in two places, otherwise extremely fine


£2,600-£3,000


Note: Normally the First Class insignia of the Order of the Red Eagle comprises a sash badge and breast star, but if the recipient is already in possession of the (more senior) Order of the Black Eagle, and is not in possession of a Prussian neck decoration, then they will receive the Order of the Red Eagle as a neck decoration, without breast star.


613


Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, on Third Reich period riband, good very fine


Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross (2), Second Class breast badge, with swords, bronze; another, Second Class breast badge, without swords, bronze; War Merit Medal, bronze; Cross of Honour of the German Mother, First Class, 2nd type, gilt and enamel; Wound Badge in black (2), both of which have lost their finish; together with a 1934 Tag Der Arbeit Work Day with its tinny pin back fixing, generally very fine (8)


£80-£120 614


Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, maker marked ‘N’ to ring, for Neun, Rosner, Saxony, very fine


Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; Cross of Honour of the German Mother, 2nd type, First Class badge, gilt bronze and enamel, with R. Souval, Vienna, case of issue, very fine (3)


£70-£90 615 616


Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; together with copy Victoria Cross and copy Waterloo 1815, the last fine, otherwise very fine and better (3)


£50-£70


Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, ring stamped ‘55’ for J. E. Hammer & Sohn, Geringswalde; War Service Cross, Second Class, with crossed swords, bronze; together with a 1934 East Hannover NSDAP-SA 10 Year Anniversary Badge, bronze; and a German pin badge impressed ‘Aufwärts Aus Eigener Kraft 1934’; a RDK pinback badge, generally good very fine (5)


£80-£120 Sold together with the remnants of a German wartime First Aid pouch impressed ‘Erste Hilfe’. 617 618


Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Commemorative Medal 1908, silver, by L. Giorgi, unnamed as issued, edge bruising, very fine


£60-£80


Russia, Empire, Cross of the Order of St. George, Fourth Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘108893’, very fine £100-£140


S. B. Patrikev’s Roll of Cavaliers of The St. George Cross 1914-22 records that number 108,893 was used twice, most likely during the period of the Kerensky Provisional Government, March to November 1917, when some numbers were duplicated.


No. 108893 was awarded to Corporal Semen Bull, 7th Company, 3rd Special Infantry Regiment, ‘For bravery during the night of 9 - 18 October 1917’, and also the same number was used for the award to Sergeant Emman Fotakis, 2nd Greek Infantry Regiment, ‘For bravery in battle and excellent diligent service during the expedition of the Corps to Russia (Greek subject).’


619


Russia, Empire, Persian War Medal 1826-28, 25mm, silver, with loop suspension; together with a Russian Red Cross Medal, silver with traces of enamel, the reverse engraved ‘353451’, both mounted from the remnants of a riband bar, heavily worn, therefore about fair (2)


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