Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Prototype Award Museum Display Piece Newly Listed maker marked "ARTHUS BERTRAND &

maker marked "ARTHUS BERTRAND & Cie et LE MAITRE & Cie PARIS"

A textbook example of a mid-war manufacture German “Flak Abzeichen”

single staple-bound)

he arrived in Poland and was dispatched to the Ukrainian front

dated May 12 1982 in hard tube

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Prototype Award Museum Display Piece Newly Listed maker marked "ARTHUS BERTRAND &(Prototyp Kreuz Museumsstck). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, the arms bearing raised oak leaves, with a date of 1813 in the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 33. 74 mm (w) x 39. 16 mm (h), weighing 12. 0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in very fine condition.