Mexico, Republic. An Order of Law and Peace, I Class Collar and Mayoral Collar Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Hermann Schöppl-Sonnwalden

Hermann Schöppl-Sonnwalden

the obverse bearing a rectangular field overlaid by an etched Afrikakorps insignia in the form of a palm tree defaced by a mobile swastika

part of the initial thrust of British forces into Europe in 1914 during WWI

pinned with three silvered zink gulls

the spine perforated with four holes reinforced with magnetic metal grommets through which is looped a drawstring which securely maintains the album’s structural integrity

Mexico, Republic. An Order of Law and Peace, I Class Collar and Mayoral Collar Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Hermann Schöppl-Sonnwalden(Orden Mexicana del Derecho y la Paz). Instituted 1960. Consisting of a silver gilt collar, comprising 32 links alternating between the mexican eagle clutching a snake (totalling 15), a white enamelled X with a central black disc (totalling 5), and a red enamelled cross with rays in each quadrant and a white enamelled ring in the center (totalling 12), presenting a total of 32 links, all plain on the reverse, connected to the collar badge via a