A Rare Army Standard Top By Kraas Foundry, Berlin 1942 Auction and fine craftsmanship

and fine craftsmanship

The book has a green cloth cover with the title in gold-coloured ink

bronze wash mostly intact

Booklet entitled "The 1st Canadian Division in the Battles of 1918" (56 pages plus cover

being discharged the next day

A Rare Army Standard Top By Kraas Foundry, Berlin 1942 Auction and fine craftsmanshipIn cast aluminum, marked "BILDGIESSEREI KRAAS BERLIN 42" (Kraas Foundry, Berlin) on the base of the coupling, illustrating the left facing Army (Heer) eagle, its talons clutching a swastika below, in an ornate spade shaped frame, marked on the top of the coupling near the frame on the reverse, 124 mm x 275 mm, two holes on the side of the coupling near the base for attachment to the flag pole, very good detail, light contact, near extremely fine. Rare.