a German Labour Front (DAF) sleeve diamond
both with gilded rank pip and gilded Mercurial staff Cypher
and Trinidad (light blue embroidery on black wool
soiling present on the upper
Catto went overseas shortly thereafter and enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in August 1915
Prussia, State. An Order Of The Brandenburg Red Eagle, C. 1760 United Republic of a German Labour Front (DAF)(Orden des Brandenburgischen Roten Adlers). Instituted by Margrave George Friedrich Carl von Brandenburg in July 1734. An extremely rare decoration, in bronze gilt, presenting a wide armed cross in white enamels, with the obverse medallion featuring a superimposed left facing red eagle, the reverse medallion with a superimposed red enamelled CW, the badge is suspended by a red, white, blue and black enamelled crown, measures 34. 7mm (w) x 53. 4mm (h