Germany, Imperial. A Mönchengladbach Vorwärts Masonic Lodge Collar Decoration, c. 1850 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic III Class Commander (London Gazette

III Class Commander (London Gazette

privately impressed on the UNKM and officially engraved on the reverse of the bar on the CFD

he was posthumously awarded the Infantry Assault Badge

chipping evident in the green enamels on the centrepiece and on the tip of the star point at 12 o'clock

Germany, Imperial. A Mönchengladbach Vorwärts Masonic Lodge Collar Decoration, c. 1850 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic III Class Commander (London Gazette(Freimaurerloge Halsdekoration). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with white enameled arms and a central medallion of identical construction, the former bearing gilt inscriptions of VORWRTS (one of the earliest Masonic lodges in the Rhineland), ORIENT GLADBACH, and a lodge number of 5845, the latter featuring a hand painted scene consisting of a raven in mid flight over a coastal background topped by