Germany, Heer. A Non-Commissioned Officer Preparatory School Cuff Title Republic of 12 hours and 13 minutes

12 hours and 13 minutes while the entire circumnavigation (including stops) took 21 days

circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN EWIGER TRAUM DER DEUTSCHEN MENSCHEN WURDE VERWIRKLICHT” (“AN ETERNAL DREAM OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE BECAME A REALITY”)

worn (together) on a peaked cap by the Officers of the Croatian Armed Forces

marked SILVER and dated 1922 on rim

featuring a striking postwar-painted dedication to the US 1st Infantry Division at Normandy

Germany, Heer. A Non-Commissioned Officer Preparatory School Cuff Title Republic of 12 hours and 13 minutes(Heer rmelband Unteroffiziervorschule). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with machine embroidered silver aluminum wire tresses, bearing an inscription of UNTEROFFIZIERVORSCHULE in Fraktur script of identical construction, the reverse with guide threading visible, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 370 mm (l), minor material fatigue is evident and includes some shrinkage owing to age and storage