Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations United Republic of An intact black leather buffer

An intact black leather buffer pad covers the seam where the blade enters the crossguard

with some of the twisted wires having been lost through time and wear

with a double-edged flattened diamond blade

when he suffered gun shot (shrapnel) wounds to his head

Black Legion

Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations United Republic of An intact black leather buffer(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of three decorations, including: 1. A Braunschweig War Merit Cross, II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by clusters of oak leaves, topped by a royal crown, and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR