displaying moderate scuffing and wear
mounted to a silvered metal wings base bearing a gilt and red enamelled King's crown
Pinned into the centre of the cap band underneath the eagle is a tri-colour magnetic metal cockade with a red wool centrepiece
inscribed "Fliegerhauptmann Boelcke" at the upper left and "J
the clasp is missing its hinge but includes its magnetic metal pinback
Argentina, Republic. A Pair of Navy Admiral's (Almirante) Epaulettes Auction displaying moderate scuffing and wear(Armada de la Repblica Argentina = ARA). Two large, decorative stiff framed epaulettes, each on displaying the upper in very fine yellow embroidery with a smooth finish and trimmed in two rows of gold coloured rolled wire on the edges of the protruding spine, the outer row in a wavy pattern, the inner row in a twisted pattern. The insignia in the centre in rolled gold coloured bullion wire, in various textures, consisting of a fouled anchor, with one