Austria-Hungary, Empire. A Viennese Dobermann-Pinscher Club Merit Medal Auction 1957 in Munich

1957 in Munich

with extensive oxidation and material loss of the silver wire and wool

Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia constructed of a dark navy blue rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered golden-yellow Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

stamped in black ink "SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO / PLEASE CREDIT / RELEASED BY AUTHORITY OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS OR BY THEATRE PRESS CENSOR" and "SCHOOL OF PERSONNEL" with "P-1003" in handwritten black ink and inscribed "Stauffer" in pencil

A late First War Heer EM/NCO’s belt buckle

Austria-Hungary, Empire. A Viennese Dobermann-Pinscher Club Merit Medal Auction 1957 in Munich(Dobermann Pinscher Klub Auszeichnung). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of a Dobermann, flanked by oak leaves, the reverse bearing an inscription of DOBERMANN PINSCHER KLUB SITZ WIEN, unmarked, measuring 50 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.