gilding has nearly completely worn off on the badge
black synthetic plates with silver wire in the recesses of the ribbed grip
with dull edges and having a chipped tip
the sixth photograph is black and white and faded to a sepia-toned look
The gap in the obstructions through which the Southerners had threatened to pass was filled with sunken coal barges
Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of First War Trench Art Badges Auction gilding has nearly completely worn(Erinnerungsabzeichen). A pair of First War commemorative trench art badges, including a 1914 badge, constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 46 mm (w) x 17 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition, and; an undated badge, constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, horizontal pinback, the reverse with an etched inscription of ERINNERUNG AN DEN WELTKRIEG 1914 1915 (IN MEMORY OF THE WORLD WAR 1914 195), measuring