circumscribed by an inscription of “KOENIGREICH WUERTTEMBERG 1870-1895” (“KINGDOM OF WÜRTTEMBERG 1870-1895”)
As General Smith was quoted as saying
Stitched onto the left side of the crown is an insignia constructed of dark navy blue rayon bearing a silver-grey machine-embroidered Polizei emblem consisting of a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
copyrighted in 1984 by the authors
slight bleeding of colour in isolated areas
Germany, Weimar Republic. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, With Award Document To Schützen Horst Ludwig United Republic of circumscribed by an inscription of(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of a patinated zink alloy, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered banner bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA) in its talons, overlaid across the chest by a silvered crescent and cross, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 31. 41 mm (w) x 42. 33 mm (h),
