Germany, Imperial. An Army Officer’s Parade Sash Archive In the execution of his

In the execution of his duties he is slovenly and insolent

Taisho Enthronement Commemorative Medal 1915 (in silver with a gilt chrysanthemum

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered blue Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Only twenty-three years old

Germany, Imperial. An Army Officer’s Parade Sash Archive In the execution of his(Schrpe fr Offiziere). A well preserved Heer (Army) Officers parade sash, constructed of double overlaid lengths of silver aluminum wire straps, topped by dual machine embroidered slate grey tresses, completing at each end in a portepee constructed of multiple layers of flattened silver aluminum wire situated within netting of identical construction, with silver aluminum wire fringes emanating from both, wrapped with a period drawstring which retains