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LOT 2001
German Military Pin and Badge Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 3/8 in. (64 grams total, 18-62 mm).
Including 'Deutscher Flotenverein', two-headed eagle and other designs. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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