Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Badges and Insignia consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse bears a vertical

the reverse bears a vertical

the award of his Challenger Medal was made posthumously in December 1895 - prior to the voyage of the Challenger in 1872

Marchand must have breathed a great sigh of relief when he saw that the letter was from Herbert Kitchener

while the throat features intricate knotted designs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Badges and Insignia consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse bears a vertical(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of badges and insignia, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 57 for Boerger & Co., Berlin, measuring 48.