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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 958

An assortment of European badges, to include Bulgaria Police cap badge, enamel; a French plate badge stamped '5? Escadron', excavated in Russia and likely Napoleonic; Imperial Germany lapel badge, reverse engraved 'Fort Napier 1914-17 P.M.'; Norway cap badge; Imperial Russia belt buckle, excavated badge is extremely delicate but otherwise overall very fine (5)

Fort Napier was a military fort in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa which had been abandoned by the First World War, during which time it was used to house German prisoners of war. The engraved German badge therefore likely holds a unique story.

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Sold for
£30

Starting price
£20