A First War Imperial Navy "Kaiserliche Marine" Commander/Lieutenant Commander's Dress Epaulette With Surgeon's Cypher Auction Archive (Illustrated on page 74 of

(Illustrated on page 74 of Angolia’s book)

surface rust evident

maker marked "SPINK

naming his next-of-kin as James B

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

A First War Imperial Navy "Kaiserliche Marine" Commander/Lieutenant Commander's Dress Epaulette With Surgeon's Cypher Auction Archive (Illustrated on page 74 ofLarge, decorative stiff framed epaulette, upper in violet velvet, the outer edges of the protruding tab trimmed in a strip of fine aluminum wire interlaced with red and black threading, a gilt Surgeon's cypher affixed to the oval cap, large raised gold coloured bullion wire ridge flanked with two rows of rolled wire trim butting the protruding wide oval cap, two rows of tightly wound gold coloured bullion wire fringe suspended at the end, the outer