United Kingdom. A Knight Bachelor’s Badge, with Case, c.1929 Auction München) and marked “Ges

München) and marked “Ges

above a banner with the number 117

Footnote: The Allied occupation of Austria started on April 27

in September of 1943

United Kingdom. A Knight Bachelor’s Badge, with Case, c.1929 Auction München) and marked “GesInstituted 1926. The Large version, in silver gilt with red enamels, presenting a sword, stirrups and garter, reverse presents a single vertical pin, hallmarked with the British lion and marked with a leopard's head (made in London) on the obverse and on the underside of the pin, maker marked "RJ" (Robert William Jay), date marked o indicating 1929, measures 47. 3 mm (w) x 63. 4 mm (h), notable enamel loss and damage, gilt intact, in very fine