A First War French "Journée De Poile 1915" Badge GTRexclude A Rare Specimen Croatian Paratrooper

A Rare Specimen Croatian Paratrooper Buckle - In aluminum

PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST

maker marked "HARTMANN HANOVER" on the reverse

oxidation evident on the VM

From 1893 to 1898

A First War French "Journée De Poile 1915" Badge GTRexclude A Rare Specimen Croatian ParatrooperBronze gilt, in the shape of a straight armed cross paty, illustrating a nude man, his back to the viewer, a German eagle in the background, the man's right arm raised and grasping the neck of the eagle with his hand, inscribed "JOURNE DE POILU 1915" below and engraver marked "R LALIQUE" (Ren Lalique) at the lower left, 34. 5 mm x 34. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, scratch on the left arm on the obverse, light sticker residue on the reverse, near extremely