Germany, Imperial. A Long Service Medal Bar for a Braunschweig First World War Combatant, with Ribbon Bar Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic situated above an inscription of

situated above an inscription of “FÜR KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT” (“FOR ART AND SCIENCE”)

Discharged January 20

British copies of the piece were subsequently widely distributed as part of a concerted anti-German propaganda campaign

including one engraved with C

(Waffen-SS Dienstgradabzeichen)

Germany, Imperial. A Long Service Medal Bar for a Braunschweig First World War Combatant, with Ribbon Bar Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic situated above an inscription of(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a Braunschweig First World War combatant who rendered long and distinguished military service, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve