On the front of the cap is a textbook Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery eagle
number stamped in white ink "1231" beside the pin
The result was a bloody victory for the Piedmontese
The Gendarmerie cap measures 324 mm x 63 mm (folded) and is in near extremely fine condition with a fatigued cardboard visor core (likely from storage) and heavy cracking and some ripping of the sweatband
hand engraved "Welt Kriegs" (World War) on the front panel
France, Republic. A Croix De Guerre (War Cross), C.1917 Auction Archive On the front of theInstituted in 1915. In bronze, marked "1914 1917" on the reverse centrepiece, measuring 36. 8 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, bronze star on its original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Croix de Guerre was instituted in April 1915, to commemorate mentions in dispatches. It was awarded to all ranks, officers included, and officers and men of allied forces who were mentioned in French dispatches. The cross