Germany, Imperial. A Schutztruppe Askari Soldier’s Fez Insignia Hold with the obverse featuring a

with the obverse featuring a pebbled finish

for issue to surviving soldiers of Napoleon Bonaparte's "Grande Armee"

The attacks of glaucoma had been occurring for the last three months but under treatment

overlaid by Sailer’s handwritten signature in black ink

OBERMAAT JOSEF KRAUSE” of “25

Germany, Imperial. A Schutztruppe Askari Soldier’s Fez Insignia Hold with the obverse featuring a(Schutztruppe Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of non magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a German nationale agle overlaid by a national emblem, topped by a German State Crown, the reverse with a base plate featuring a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 44 mm (h), the reverse with soldering indicative of possible period repair to the pinback, in near extremely fine condition.