Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1940 Archive (Ordre Militaire de ‘Alliance Française

(Ordre Militaire de ‘Alliance Française

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topped by an inscription of “KUBAN” and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

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Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1940 Archive (Ordre Militaire de ‘Alliance Française(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered banner bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA), overlaid across its chest by a Brustmond, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 32. 13 mm (w) x 43. 24 mm (h), weighing 14. 3 grams, a Third Reich period example in