Baden, Grand Duchy. A Pickelhaube Plate Auction eighty miles west of Calcutta

eighty miles west of Calcutta

measuring 72 mm (w) x 72 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

as it drove northward from southern France through the Rhône Valley into Germany

WWI 1914-15 Star - (S-6091 L

(in feinzink)

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Pickelhaube Plate Auction eighty miles west of Calcutta(Pickelhaubenemblem). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a detailed Baden griffin clutching a sword and shield bearing a ducal emblem, above a banner bearing a raised inscription of MITT GOTT F. FUERST U. VATERLAND, (WITH GOD FOR PRINCE AND FATHERLAND), the reverse with both lugs intact, unmarked, measuring 130 mm (w) x 115 mm (h), with moderate oxidation evident, in very fine condition.