International. A Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem, Officer, C.1965 certificate_of_authenticity Oberleutnant Marggraf

Oberleutnant Marggraf

a 5th Infantry Division Sleeve Insignia (red embroidery

The solid nickel eagle fits perfectly and exhibits fine details

Black celluloid plates with eleven rows of gold-coloured springy wire in the recesses of the ribbed grip

maker marked "BILDHAUER GURSCHNER WIEN"

International. A Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem, Officer, C.1965 certificate_of_authenticity Oberleutnant MarggrafIn bronze gilt with green and white enamels, measuring 40 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, large rosette on its original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem was a Catholic military order founded by crusaders around 1119 at a leper hospital in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose care became its original purpose, named after patron saint Lazarus.