A Croatian Volunteer's German Heer Artillery Sergeant (Feldwebel) Officer's Tunic Auction experiencing shrapnel in the back

experiencing shrapnel in the back and shoulder

eventually attaining the rank of Air Vice-Marshal on January 1

A WWII Hungarian Officers Combat Badge - Awarded to those officers who led soldiers into combat

mostly circa 1870-1880 period manufacture

Earlier models featured a shark skin sheath and ray skin hilt

A Croatian Volunteer's German Heer Artillery Sergeant (Feldwebel) Officer's Tunic Auction experiencing shrapnel in the backThe tunic is fabricated from a fine Army green wool, while the contrasting collar is in hunter green wool. The shoulders are adorned with Sergeant's (Feldwebel) shoulder straps, each strap incorporating a 9 mm wide strip of fine silvered wire threading, sewn in place via white threading upon a hunter green wool upper, the edges trimmed in red cord piping indicating the branch to be Artillery, grayish green wool underside, each strap with a gilt pip,