Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

5th American Cadets, an officer’s or officer cadet’s uniform comprising a black cloth and leather bound shako, drooping brass bound leather peak ,leather chin strap and unlined brass chain, large ornate brass plate with pierced ‘5’ centre and motto ‘Decus et Praesidium’ and the date ‘1867’ in surround, all within laurel sprays, above the motto strap a star burst bearing a town or college’s (?) crowned arms and motto ‘Fatti Maschi Parole Emine’, side ornaments are unit buttons which bear a complex lettered monogram and ‘5’; the uniform coat of cut-a-way coatee style in heavy slate blue woollen cloth, single breasted but with three rows of unit buttons these with maker’s mark ‘J Gminder Baltimore’ double rows of black silk braiding linking the buttons, gold laced collar patches, ‘slashed’ cuffs’ and tail panels all with unit buttons,gold bullion flat fused grenade tail ornaments, prision for shoulder boards, (missing), trousers of the same material embellished with a sewn in broad black cloth stripe, tailor’s label, GH Singer Co, Tailors, Baltimore, one side ventilator missing on the shako plus various other minor stitching faults, a hole in the crown where a plume/holder were probably incorrectly fitted, otherwise good overall condition; together with a post WWII Berlin (Police?) grey cloth kepi, small cloth white/black/white/red ‘cockade’ over a chromed buttons bearing the Berlin lion and axe, similar side buttons; an 1930’s Italian blue cloth folding side cap,bullion crowned crossed rifles and bugle horn badge and two gold bullion rank bars to the side; a Continental light grey cloth military style ski-cap the front with a gold bullion single headed eagle badge this on a red cloth ground, a similar coloured cloth panel with gold lace edging and three rank stars to the wearer’s left side, the front badge loose and with considerable bullion thread loss otherwise good condition (6) £50-70