maker marked "FREDERICO COSTA CONDECORAÇÕES" on the reverse cartouche
Feldgendarmerie Armband - approximately measures 37cm in length (stitched together at the ends)
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
on a feldgrau embroidered backer
with an Iron Cross 1st Class and Turkish Pilot's Badge below
Germany, Imperial. A Warrior Merit Medal, Exhibition Example Auction Archive maker marked "FREDERICO COSTA CONDECORAÇÕES"(Krieger Verdienstmedaille Museumsstck). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II in Imperial regalia, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse with an inscription of KRIEGER VERDIENST (WARRIOR MERIT), within a laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 39. 55 mm in diameter, weighing 30. 3 grams, in better than very fine condition.