United Kingdom. An East Lancashire Regiment Scarlet Officer's Dress Tunic, c.1881 Province of China the obverse with a central

the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilt mobile swastika defaced by a Wolfsangel rune

Austria: Military Merit Medal "Signum Laudis" with Swords (bronze gilt

Bronze version issued to labour battalions (NO

where he saw two rank promotions: to Acting Lance Corporal on February 7th and to Lance Corporal on April 1st

a decorated Gebirgsjäger who distinguished himself in combat during the pivotal May-June 1941 Battle of Crete

United Kingdom. An East Lancashire Regiment Scarlet Officer's Dress Tunic, c.1881 Province of China the obverse with a centralFormed in 1881, the East Lancashire Regiment was noted for wearing the traditional scarlet ceremonial dress tunic such as the example offered here; this tunic dates from the early formation of the regiment which was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot and 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire. The tunic, which