Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Prototype Award Museum Display Piece Newly Listed page 13572

page 13572

he arrived in Poland and was dispatched to the Ukrainian front

A textbook example of a mid-war manufacture German “Flak Abzeichen”

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 571 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

maker marked "ARTHUS BERTRAND & Cie et LE MAITRE & Cie PARIS"

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Prototype Award Museum Display Piece Newly Listed page 13572(Prototyp Kreuz Museumsstck). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, the arms bearing raised oak leaves, with a date of 1813 in the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 33. 74 mm (w) x 39. 16 mm (h), weighing 12. 0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in very fine condition.