Jordan, Kingdom. An Order of Independence, V Class Knight, c.1948 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic owner’s name

owner’s name

with a crossguard that bears a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika

and was posted to his cavalry unit

the latter retaining an original brown leather strap bearing an embossed maker’s mark of “NOELLE & HUECK

circumscribed by a Latin dedication to Russia’s future and the name and birthdate of the future Tsar Peter I (“the Great”)

Jordan, Kingdom. An Order of Independence, V Class Knight, c.1948 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic owner’s name(Wisam Al Ordani Istiklal). Instituted in 1921. In silver, silver gilt and enamels, a ten point star with clusters of faceted rays, a white enamel star with gilt wreath segments in each arm, the obverse medallion in red enamels with an Arabic inscription which translates to El Hussein Bin Ali, suspended from a wheat wreath, measures 39. 4 mm (w) x 68. 6 mm (h), 21. 0 grams, marked on the reverse with Bichay maker mark in the center, hallmarks on the 6