Mountain Troops Veteran's Badge Auction Archive in gilded iron

in gilded iron

The top of the stein is neatly engraved with an inscription that commemorates the owner's time as an unteroffizier with his unit in Kassel

with nice crisp details

scattered paint chipping

reverse inscribed "PRIN CULTURA LA LIBERTATE"

Mountain Troops Veteran's Badge Auction Archive in gilded ironMountain Troops Veteran's Badge "Kuffhauserbund Abzeichen". Two piece construction, bronze and enamelled veteran's insignia on a die stamped metal base, the base illustrating an edelweiss, maker marked "G O P." and marked "GES. GESCH." on the reverse, 31. 5 mm x 32 mm, intact prongs, hairline crack in the white enamel of the veteran's insignia, near extremely fine.