WW1 Trench Art Officer's Cap - Crafted from a Artillery shell mared GFSP - 217- JULI 1917 - SP197
first half of photos show barracks and usual field exercises (most likely photos taken in Dollersheim
Cornwallis' movements in Virginia were shadowed by a Continental Army force led by the Marquis de Lafayette
in case of issue and mint
The mission itself was a total failure
Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A 1914 General Honour Badge For Merit, Silver Grade, With Sword Clasp Hold WW1 Trench Art Officer's Cap(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Silber Dem Verdienste 1914 mit Schwerterspange). Instituted 25 June 1902 by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with sword clasp, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST 1914 (FOR MERIT 1914), within an oak leaf