Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1930 United Republic of 7 FUSILIERS

7 FUSILIERS

All suspended from a 125 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and dark grey wool reverse liner

surrounding a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika while in mid-flight

A superb lot of items from the estate of Heer Gebirgsjäger Oberleutnant Otto Hierholzer

Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1930 United Republic of 7 FUSILIERS(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered and blackened banner bearing a raised inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA), overlaid across its chest by a silvered Brustmond, the reverse with four visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but