A First War Imperial Navy "Kaiserliche Marine" Commander/Lieutenant Commander's Dress Epaulette With Surgeon's Cypher Hold fine details to Imperial eagle

fine details to Imperial eagle

in near mint condition and rare

He embarked Saint John

bronze gilt with blue and white enamels

War Merit Cross Second Class

A First War Imperial Navy "Kaiserliche Marine" Commander/Lieutenant Commander's Dress Epaulette With Surgeon's Cypher Hold fine details to Imperial eagleLarge, decorative stiff framed epaulette, upper in violet velvet, the outer edges of the protruding tab trimmed in a strip of fine aluminum wire interlaced with red and black threading, a gilt Surgeon's cypher affixed to the oval cap, large raised gold coloured bullion wire ridge flanked with two rows of rolled wire trim butting the protruding wide oval cap, two rows of tightly wound gold coloured bullion wire fringe suspended at the end, the outer