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LOT 2141
German Badge, Medal and Other Item Group
MID-LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 14 1/2 in. (118 grams total, 1.4-37 cm).
Including WW1 Saxony Friedrich August Medal Silver FA Medaille; on watch chain with black enamelled cross marked '1914'; Crimean War Society pin badge; Red Cross service badge with ribbon; reproduction Blue Max 'Pour Le Merite' WW1 Medal; and other items. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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German WWI Kriegsmarine Medical Major's Naval Patch and Prussian Buckle Group
1914-1918 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Fabric Naval epaulette with braid and gilt Medical Corps insignia; belt clasp with repoussé emblem. 70 grams total, 6.2-11.2 cm
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German WWI Kriegsmarine S.M.S. SEYDLITZ Cap
1914-1918 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Felted naval cap with applied title 'SMS Seydlitz' to band; coquette button, including two original post cars of the ship one inscribed 'For my friend Mr De Witt Bailey and signed and dated July 1983, the other signed and dated 1983. 135 grams, 25 cm
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
S.M.S. Seydlitz was a German battlecruiser that served in the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) during World War I. She participated in major naval engagements like the Battle of Dogger Bank and the Battle of Jutland, where she sustained significant damage. Ultimately, she was interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919. -
German WWI Kaiserliche Marine Pea Jacket
1914-1918 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Dark blue fabric waist-length pea jacket with cotton lining, double-breasted format with two columns of nine gilt buttons to the front with Kriegsmarine insignia and corresponding button-holes, and six more to each cuff; left arm with inverted chevron Obergefreiter insignia in braided cord with another in yellow cloth below it. 1.14 kg, 63 cm long
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
