gilt metal buckle illustrating a fouled anchor inside a wreath of laurel leaves at the right end
The awards are unmounted with original lightly soiled folded ribbons on the Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class 1870 and Russia Imperial Saint George Cross 4th Class
older Chinese manufacture
Less than ten years later
circa 1919
Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A 1915 Star, Large Version, By J.h. Werner Hold gilt metal buckle illustrating aA high quality, German manufactured 1915 Star, constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star with each arm completing in a ball finial, the obverse featuring richly detailed red enameled arms with a central five pointed star incorporated into the mottle, bearing a central silver monogram of Sultan Mehmed V, above a date of 1333, set within a striking silver crescent, the reverse with six visible rivets securing the obverse