A First War German Telegrapher's Belt Buckle Archive / OCTAVIA)

/ OCTAVIA)

Louis - Knights Cross in Gold and enamels

page 5424 and the second announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 31089 of Friday

each tassel consisting of ten 200 mm long strands of twisted yellow and white nylon cord and tied together at their mid-points via matching yellow and white nylon threading

8 mm x 95 mm inclusive of crown suspension

A First War German Telegrapher's Belt Buckle Archive / OCTAVIA)In die stamped steel, unmarked reverse, illustrating the Imperial crown in the centre over an open ended wreath with the inscription "GOTT MIT UNS" (God Is With Us) above, brackets riveted in place on either end on the obverse in order to hold the steel frame that supported a reel of telegraph wire, measuring 48 mm x 104. 5 mm, worn, very fine.