Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1938 United Republic of 1866 by Queen Isabella II

1866 by Queen Isabella II for gallantry or merit in war or peace and awarded to members of the Spanish Naval Forces

Suspended from a 137 mm long dual-link chain

Corbett (mother)

the cap measures approximately 27 cm (l) x 11 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface

opening to reveal a brief handwritten inscription from an inmate of Groß-Rosen camp

Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1938 United Republic of 1866 by Queen Isabella II(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse). Constructed of feinzink, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle, clutching a silvered magnetic metal banner in its talons bearing a raised inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA), overlaid across its chest by a silvered magnetic metal Brustmond, the reverse with two blasted rivets securing the obverse fixtures in position, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch,