Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Freikorps Fighters’ Pin, First Pattern, Numbered Example by Fischer Archive The Society also funds research

The Society also funds research and educational initiatives of colonial relevance

the reverse bearing an inscription of “BILLROTH WIEN” and an identity number of “135”

consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened and pebbled core within a ribbed silver frame

around a central raised Hohenzollern-style eagle with mirrored monograms of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV at the cardinal points

soldering present on the reverse

Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Freikorps Fighters’ Pin, First Pattern, Numbered Example by Fischer Archive The Society also funds research(Freikorpskmpfer Nadel, Ausfhrung 1). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a black enameled shield overlaid by German Order shield defaced by a Baltic Cross, a shield featuring a Silesian Eagle, and a Totekopf (representing key Freikorps units engaged in combat in the east), surrounded by a white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of EINSATZ FR DEUTSCHLAND 1918 1923 (OPERATION FOR GERMANY 1918