Germany, Freikorps. A Badge of the V. Army Corps, Type II visually-hidden (Heer Schulterklappen für Männer der

(Heer Schulterklappen für Männer der Nachrichtentruppe)

Oberleutnant zur See (Naval First Lieutenant) d

maker marked ORDEN WERNER SEDLATZEK

)Naming is officially impressed

partially detached along the centre seam

Germany, Freikorps. A Badge of the V. Army Corps, Type II visually-hidden (Heer Schulterklappen für Männer der(Bewhrungsabzeichen des V. Armeekorps, 2. Form). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel and oak leaf wreath, wrapped in a ribbon bearing an inscription of GRENZ SCHUTZ OST and a date of 1919, surrounding a central number 5 executed in a corresponding Roman numeral, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge emanating from a raised platform and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the