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Sold on 10 December 2014

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The Collection of Imperial German Militaria formed by the late Stan Laver

Stan Laver

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№ 456

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10 December 2014

Estimate: £300–£350

Imperial German Army Full Dress Shoulder Scales, a Full Dress Epaulette, a Pair of Musician’s Full Dress Wing Epaulettes and Sundry Other Cloth Items comprising six single shoulder scales one to the 97th Infantry Regiment showing gilt numerals on green cloth within a metal crescent silver lace decoration, the next bearing two gilt rank stars on pink cloth within a plated crescent silver lace, the next with two rank stars central 3 on red cloth within a brass crescent silver lace decoration, yellow cloth within a white metal crescent the strap with white metal scales, another with pink cloth within a white metal crescent and white metal scales and the last bearing gilt metal 4 on red cloth within a gilt metal crescent silver lace decoration and plain brass button; the full dress epaulette displays white metal 42 over a gilt rank star on pale blue cloth within a gilt metal crescent silver lace decoration and white bullion fringe; the wing epaulettes of gold lace and gold fringe mounted on red cloth; together with sundry collar, cuff and skirt panels, some moth damage to some of the inner linings of the shoulder scales otherwise good overall condition (20 items) £300-350