Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Miniature Medal Chains for First World War and Freikorps Service visually-hidden a hardshell brown leatherette exterior

a hardshell brown leatherette exterior with superimposed Spanish coat of arms insignia

born in Melkow (today part of Wust-Fischbeck

with its ribbon

pebbled texture

overlaid by a gilded and rightward-facing profile of Duke Albert III

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Miniature Medal Chains for First World War and Freikorps Service visually-hidden a hardshell brown leatherette exterior(Miniaturketten). A pair of miniature medal chains, including: 1. One featuring five awards, constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, a Wrttemberg Military Merit Medal, a Prussian Long Service Award II Class for 12 Years, a Silesian Eagle II Class, and a Silver Grade Wound Badge, all suspended from an 85 mm long bronze chain which culminates at each end in a pin for uniform attachment, the reverse