Germany, Weimar Republic. An Iron Cross Sweetheart Pin Auction Archive maker marked "BIRKS ELLIS" on

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Germany, Weimar Republic. An Iron Cross Sweetheart Pin Auction Archive maker marked "BIRKS ELLIS" on(Brosche). A First War period German brooch constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band, featuring a black enamelled Iron Cross with oak leaves and laurel leaves on either side, reverse presents a horizontal pinback, measures 40 mm (w) x 12 mm (h), with a round medallion suspended below, the obverse states Andenken an (Souvenir of) and the reverse Feindesland (Enemy Territory), measures 10 mm in diameter, and in overall very