Frankfurt, Free City. A Field Service Decoration For 1848/49 Hold The dagger completes with a

The dagger completes with a bronze pommel in the form of a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika

1901 to January 7

cracking and wear from active use on the leather sweatband

5 mm thick

with the Spanish coat-of-arms bearing the Franco crown in bronze placed in the centre on the front and featured in an ornate rectangular frame

Frankfurt, Free City. A Field Service Decoration For 1848/49 Hold The dagger completes with a(Felddienstzeichen fr 1848 49). Instituted 21 February 1854 by the Senate of the Free City of Frankfurt. (1854 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing an inscription of 1848 UND 1849 across the three and nine oclock arms, with the six oclock arm bearing an oval oak leaf wreath, the twelve oclock arm bearing a Frankfurt style eagle, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR