Anhalt-Köthen, Duchy. A Rare Ducal Cypher Decoration, C.1845 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 22 mm x 36

22 mm x 36

For his service in submarines in those final months of the war

with the base bearing a raised inscription of “NSDAP REICHSPARTEITAG NÜRNBERG 1933”

were both killed by bullets

on land and sea

Anhalt-Köthen, Duchy. A Rare Ducal Cypher Decoration, C.1845 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 22 mm x 36(Herzogliche Namenchiffre H). Instituted 1830. (1830 1847 issue). In Gold and silver, consisting of a stylized letter H topped by a royal crown, the obverse inset with 40 cut glass diamonds, the reverse with a loop for the accommodation of a ribbon, unmarked, measuring 25. 14 mm (w) x 59. 50 mm (h), weighing 14. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: A rare award, only three known examples were bestowed.