with the exterior cover bearing a colour photograph of a pistol
in its cardboard tube of issue with a simulated leather exterior
with a hand-gouged slit added in the loop above the stampings
brownish glue and white paper residue on the reverse from previous board mounting
The book features badges commemorating the French Foreign Legion in various theatres of operation
Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War Service Hold with the exterior cover bearing(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring four decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves,