United Kingdom. A British Army General's Crossed Sword and Baton Insignia, c.1880 Newly Listed Only 700 pieces awarded

Only 700 pieces awarded

was struck off strength to the Young Soldiers Battalion on October 31st

with surface oxidation evident to the edge of the obverse

linked by flints

Iron Cross First Class 1939 by Steinhauer & Lück - Magnetic/iron core

United Kingdom. A British Army General's Crossed Sword and Baton Insignia, c.1880 Newly Listed Only 700 pieces awardedThe blade of the sword wrapped in wide bands of silvered wire, the edges of the sword trimmed in fine silvered wire, the shaft of the baton wrapped in wide bands of gilt wire, the sword's handle, along with three areas and the edges of the baton trimmed in fine gold coloured bullion wire, the reverse in strands of yellowed white threading, measuring 98 mm (w) x 63 mm (h), minor fraying evident in the silvered wire trim on the edge of the sword's