Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Portepee Hold with a vertical round wire

with a vertical round wire pinback

marked GH 900 on reverse of the sword (for the maker Gebrüder Hemmerle

Officer (18K Gold with white

His exploits became legendary throughout Japan and brought renewed faith and strength to many hundreds of ill and disheartened prisoners

England on September 26 or 27

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Portepee Hold with a vertical round wire(Heer Portepee). A Heer EM NCOs portepee, consisting of a stylized acorn constructed of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire, with a stem of identical construction transitioning into a green cotton threaded strap with dual bands of machine embroidered silver aluminum wire, unmarked, measuring 410 mm in length, in near extremely fine condition.