Germany, Imperial. A Field-Made Eastern Front Postcard With Trench Art Sign Auction measuring 57 mm (w) x

measuring 57 mm (w) x 107 mm (h) x 19 mm (h)

This is an extremely well preserved example of a German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) by an uncommon maker

the obverse featuring engraved two hands reaching a heart on the centre

Footnote: The Society for the Protection of Life from Fire was formed in 1836 for the purposes of preserving life from fire by providing fire escapes and attendants at around seventy London locations

obverse superposing by an enameled red four armed cross in silver gilt featuring a central silver-gilded anchor

Germany, Imperial. A Field-Made Eastern Front Postcard With Trench Art Sign Auction measuring 57 mm (w) x(Feldpostkarte mit Grabenkunst Zeichen). A field made First World War Eastern Front postcard, constructed of a single piece of birch bark, the obverse bearing a Feldpost stamped dated 13. 2. 15 and stamped of Landwehr Sanittskompanie Nr. 19 (9. Armee) addressed to FRAU JOSEFINE BRIETZKY of Berlin, the reverse bearing an inscription of ZUM ANDENKEN FELDZUG IN RUSSICH POLEN 1914 15. HERZLICHEN GRUSS, DEIN PAUL (IN MEMORY OF THE CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIAN