Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Brooch Auction Archive missings its reverse hardware

missings its reverse hardware

Footnote: The Deutsches Turn und Sportfest was the last major sporting event organized by the Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen

The blouse measures 440 mm across the shoulders and 490 mm in length overall

the suspension loop maker marked with LDO code “11” for Wilhelm Deumer

the central medallion obverse bears the left facing portrait of Friedrich August III of Saxony

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Brooch Auction Archive missings its reverse hardware(Patriotische Brosche). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval disc with black enameled borders topped by silvered designs, surrounding a pale yellow enameled field overlaid by a silvered and black enameled 1914 Iron Cross, the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), with a small chip visible to the yellow enamel between