Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1935 Buy Now with polished gilded bronze fixtures

with polished gilded bronze fixtures at each end

Johns appear on the roll

He was taken on strength by the 12th Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe on July 7th and a little over seven weeks later

He initially named his next-of-kin as his father but was later changed to his wife

measuring 10

Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1935 Buy Now with polished gilded bronze fixtures(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse). Constructed of enameled and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered banner bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA), overlaid across its chest by a Brustmond, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 31. 0 mm (w) x 41. 0 mm (h), weighing 19. 9 grams, a good quality enameled example, in