The buttons are from the British Expeditionary Forces
who participated in the suppression of the Communist uprising in Vienna in February of 1934
It is marked “RBNr
the purpose of which was to gather information on Orthodox saints
the revere bearing a raised inscription of “UNIVERSITÄT DER HANSESTADT KÖLN 1388-1938” (“UNIVERSITY OF THE HANSEATIC CITY OF COLOGNE 1388-1938”)
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations Auction The buttons are from the(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of three decorations, including: 1. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 06 mm (w) x 44. 27 mm (h),