Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Freikorps Fighters’ Pin, First Pattern, Numbered Example by Fischer visually-hidden measuring 185 mm (w) x

measuring 185 mm (w) x 227 mm (h) folded

at Chippawa

(JOHN WESTLEY 1 BN 23RD R

was signed by the Stabsarzt and bears the seal of the Pößneck field hospital in blue ink

1893 and educated in England at Eton College and Woolwich Military Academy before being commissioned into the Royal Horse Artillery

Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Freikorps Fighters’ Pin, First Pattern, Numbered Example by Fischer visually-hidden measuring 185 mm (w) x(Freikorpskmpfer Nadel, Ausfhrung 1). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a black enameled shield overlaid by German Order shield defaced by a Baltic Cross, a shield featuring a Silesian Eagle, and a Totekopf (representing key Freikorps units engaged in combat in the east), surrounded by a white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of EINSATZ FR DEUTSCHLAND 1918 1923 (OPERATION FOR GERMANY 1918