Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Miniature Auction A set of Turkestan Legion

A set of Turkestan Legion Enlisted Personnel shoulder straps

measuring 167 mm in length

203 mm x 305 mm)

within the inscription GUERRA CONTRO L’IMPERO D’AUSTRIA (War against Austrian Empire)

missing its suspension loop but accompanied by a matching original ribbon

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Miniature Auction A set of Turkestan Legion(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse Miniatur). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of of iron core and silver frame, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round