Inset into the reverse of the crossguard is a push button connecting to a functional spring catch emanating from the blade ricasso to release the scabbard lock
embarked for France on August 10th
Fabricated from a thick grade leather with a cherry brown finish
protected by a wax paper insert
Great Britain: 1939-1945 Star (bronze
Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Leopold Order, Unissued Grand Cross Prototype, By Zimmermann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Inset into the reverse of(Leopold Orden, Groehrenkreuz Protoyp). Instituted 24 July 1906 by Prince Leopold IV. (Grand Cross issued 1910 1918). An exceptionally rare, unissued prototype of the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order, constructed of silvered with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with each arm completing in ball finials, each joined together through the quadrants by detailed silver monograms of Prince Leopold, the obverse of the arms featuring a