Germany, Ss. A Germanic Folk Art Silver Brooch, With Case, By Gahr Auction Constantine - Collar Badge -

Constantine - Collar Badge - Silver gilt and enamelled

One label bears a maker’s mark of “OTTO KNOLL

of Escort to Remains of President Abraham Lincoln / April 1865" on the reverse

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meinen aufrichtigen Dank entgegen” (“Please accept my sincere gratitude for the pleasure you have given me by the attention on the occasion of my birthday”)

Germany, Ss. A Germanic Folk Art Silver Brooch, With Case, By Gahr Auction Constantine - Collar Badge -(Silberbrosche mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse presenting in a stylized animalistic design interspersed with geometric shapes, characteristic of old Germanic (Anglo Saxon and Nordic) folk art, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked GAHR, MNCHEN for the firm of Otto and Karolina Gahr, above double Sig runes, measuring 31. 02 mm (w) x 56. 29 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,