Germany, Imperial. A Heer Medical Officer’s Brocade Auction Archive a finely enameled red Maltese

a finely enameled red Maltese Cross with ball finials in silver gilt

153rd Infantry Battalion

Clerk at London on January 14

circa 1890-1900

There is a tan-coloured leather sweatband secured to the interior by cotter pins

Germany, Imperial. A Heer Medical Officer’s Brocade Auction Archive a finely enameled red Maltese(Heer Feldbinde fr Sanitter). A Heer Medical Officers brocade, constructed of a strip of pressed leather, the exterior bearing a layer of silver aluminum wire with dual machine embroidered dark blue tresses, the reverse with the remnants of a dark blue felt liner, one end retaining a brown leather tongue perforated with nine sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, measuring 40 mm (w) x 940 mm (l), material fatigue consistent with age and field use