Germany, Third Reich. A Large Carl Friedrich Zelter Bronze Plaque Hold A Rare Tsar Alexander No

A Rare Tsar Alexander No

various notations in black

Comes with original trench watch band as well as post war silver civilian band

the colours of the insignia and swastika having worn off and been replaced by a thin layer of hand-painted white paint

Instituted 16 January 1842 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV

Germany, Third Reich. A Large Carl Friedrich Zelter Bronze Plaque Hold A Rare Tsar Alexander No(Zelter Plakette). Constructed of patinated bronze, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Carl Friedrich Zelter, topped by name and within a laurel branch wreath, the reverse with an inscription of DER PRSIDENT DER REICHSMUSIK KAMMER (THE PRESIDENT OF THE REICH CHAMBER OF MUSIC) and FR VERDIENSTE UM DIE FRDERUNG DES DEUTSCHEN CHORGESANGES UND DIE PFLEGE DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKSLIEDES (FOR MERIT IN THE FURTHERING OF GERMAN CHOIR SINGING AND THE CARE