Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dark Blue Board Cap, Late-War Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 31 mm (h - inclusive

31 mm (h - inclusive laurel suspension and its integral ball)

1926 by the Lebanese government and awarded to French troops who assisted in the creation and stabilization of the new state created under French protection at the end of World War I from a province of the Ottoman Turkish Empire

the clasp maker marked on the reverse with LDO code “L/58” indicating an exhibition example produced by Rudolf Souval

United Kingdom: 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) Belt Buckle (two-piece construction

35 mm (w) x 50

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Officer’s Dark Blue Board Cap, Late-War Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 31 mm (h - inclusive(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaues Schiffchen fr Offiziere). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine Officers board cap, constructed of dark blue wool. It is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which are trimmed along the edge with golden yellow wool piping. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark navy blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 65 mm