Germany, Imperial. A First World War Occupied Belgium Railway Personnel Armband GTRexclude to help defend the Bay

to help defend the Bay of Ambon and two airfields at Laha and Liang

often engaging Japanese forces superior in number

Bronze Grade with Karl I (1917-1918) (Militär-Verdienstmedaille "Signum Laudis"): in bronze gilt

measuring 470 mm across the shoulders and 770 mm in length overall

marked "FR" (Rothe) on the ring

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Occupied Belgium Railway Personnel Armband GTRexclude to help defend the Bay(Armbinde). Constructed of grey cotton, the exterior embroidered with a patinated zink disc measuring 80 mm (w) x 68 mm (h), bearing a raised inscription of LKDTR (LINIEN KOMMANDANTUR) LUETTICH BA NAMUR with a stamped identification number of 1171, the interior notably bearing a stamped ink Belgian national lion rampant, otherwise unmarked, measuring 19 cm (w) x 10 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface, demonstrating extensive fading to the exterior of