Saxe-Weimar And Eisenach, Duchy. An 1847 Berka Riflemen’s Honour Gorget To F.w. Kruse Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic circumscribed by an inscription of

circumscribed by an inscription of “ALLEN GEWALTEN ZUM TROTZ SICH ERHALTEN” (“STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF DESPITE EVERY ADVERSITY”)

arriving in Toronto on May 28th

000 sold/distributed)

the woven inscription of Gothic letters in golden-yellow artificial silk thread states “Kriegsmarine

Remainder of the group

Saxe-Weimar And Eisenach, Duchy. An 1847 Berka Riflemen’s Honour Gorget To F.w. Kruse Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic circumscribed by an inscription of(Schutzen Ringkragen). Constructed of silver, on a double loop suspension with a chain and period original tri colour neck string, consisting of a shield bearing an etched inscription of EINIGKEIT MACHT STARK VATERLANDSLIEBE UNBERWINDLICH (UNITY MAKES STRONG PATRIOTISM INSURMOUNTABLE), with a dedication from the Berka Riflemens Company to F. W. Kruse of Saalborn and a date of 1847, the reverse with a silver Lot mark of 13 for a content of 812, a