Hamburg Veteran Honor Award
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A cased Weimar Veterans Deutsches Feld-Ehren-Zeichen Hamburg. The award could be applied for and worn to commemorate service in World War I. This semi-official award denoted war service without requiring membership in other veteran organizations. Its awarding and wear was banned in November 1935. It is a multi-piece die struck tombak/nickel-silver construction that has been gold gilded, silver washed and contains white enamel work. The obverse depicts a centrally placed oval emblem of a battle wary soldier returning home from WWI, surrounded by a beaded golden border above a white enameled patt�e style cross and two crossed golden broad swords, all above able a six pointed star. The full back reverse shows two rivets and reads: "Deutsches Feld-Ehren-Zeichen Hamburg 11", "Ges. Gesch" Honor Award. It also has a soldered on block hinge, round wire catch and straight wire pin. It measures approximately 2 ½ inches tall by 2 1/9 inches wide. The award comes housed in its original case! The case is constructed out of a pressed cardboard base that has been covered in a glossy white finished paper. The top reads: "Deutsches Feld-Ehren-Zeichen Hamburg 11 Ges. Gesch". The interior reads: "Lahnen- und Ordenfabrik M. Fleck & Sohn Gegr. 1882 Hamburg 3 Michaelisstraffe 8:10 Tel. Sammel-Nr. 35 52 51" and comes with a cotton piece. The case measures approximately 2 7/8 inches wide by 2 ½ inches deep by ¾ of an inch thick. A cool piece for the right price!
| Rating: | NM |
| Item Number: | M-17481 |
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