The thick blackened leather washer at the cross-guard is intact and sits tightly in its place
along with a double-looped ring for ribbon suspension that is clearly marked “800” and “65” for “Klein & Quenzer of Idar-Oberstein”
He was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors
and states: The Führer on his way to the opening of the Olympic games
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Austria, Imperial. A First War Austro-Hungarian Central Powers Badge Auction Archive The thick blackened leather washer(Dreibund Abzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, the obverse with flags of Austria Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire, flanked by Austrian and German imperial eagles and topped by an inscription of GOTT STRAFE ENGLAND (GOD PUNISH ENGLAND), unmarked, measuring 28 mm (w) x 23. 5 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.