Constructed of a grey cotton twill backer
historical and heraldic transcendence of the Mercedarians’
An Early Croatian Army Officers Cap Badge - Royal Yugoslavs Officers badge with Croatian Coat of Arms in the center
James Risk (a New York native and very well known collector of high end military decorations)
with a label stitched in place at the right rear
Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsbahn Official’s Visor Cap Cockade, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne United Republic of Constructed of a grey cotton(Reichsbahn Kokarde fr die Schirmmtze). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central tri colour cockade surrounded by a winged wheel, the reverse retaining all three attachment prongs, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, measuring 145 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), demonstrating loss of finish throughout the base metal, in very fine condition.