It was revised in 1926 and became an official state award on October 7
Ebony-coloured wooden handle is chipped where it meets the lower crossguard and has experienced crazing around the SS insignia and chipping on both sides where it butts the upper crossguard
who eventually held the rank of Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
LE TSAR / NICHOLAS II"
clutching a silvered banner with a raised inscription of “FÜR SCHLESIEN” (“FOR SILESIA”)
United Kingdom. A Distinguished Service Order, by Garrard, in Case Auction Archive It was revised in 1926Instituted September 6, 1886. 1911 1938 Issue. In silver gilt, a white enamelled cross, the obverse presenting a silver gilt crown on a red enamelled field surrounded by a green enamel laurel wreath, the reverse medallion features a crowned GVR cypher on a red enamelled field surrounded by a green enamel laurel wreath, worn on a silver suspension bar, measures 41. 1mm (w) x 45. 4mm (h), weighs 34. 19 grams, worn on original ribbon bearing areas of