Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Choker in Silver GTRexclude Three Lancasters were lost on

Three Lancasters were lost on this Essen attack

1943 engraved on reverse of 6 o’clock arm

Their story

A standard badge

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Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Choker in Silver GTRexclude Three Lancasters were lost on(Patriotischer Halsband). A First World War patriotic choker, consisting of a pendant in the form of a 1914 Iron Cross, constructed of silvered with black enameled, suspended from a buckle affixed to a neckband constructed of black doeskin, retaining its original card stock backer, the pendant measuring 11. 47 mm (w) x 13. 57 mm (h) and stamped on the reverse with a silver content number of 800, an unissued example of a patriotic choker issued to