Germany, Heer. Two Period Photos Of A Wehrmacht General Auction Archive 1917 (First World War)

1917 (First World War)

it is our duty to remove the guns to the Gun Room

fraying evident on the inside lid liner

Measuring 32 mm

nickel-plated variety

Germany, Heer. Two Period Photos Of A Wehrmacht General Auction Archive 1917 (First World War)Both measuring 10. 5 x 14. 7 cm each; The photos show a soldier of the Wehrmacht, with cap and without. The collar patches identify him as a general or general field marshall. The style of these patches is called alt Larisch, the devices are sometimes called Arabesken (arabesques). Field marshals wore the same as generals until 1941, after which they were authorized to wear a variant with three rather than two iterations of the repeating pattern.