An Extremely Rare 1873 German Imperial Shanghai China Cross Auction silver wash is mostly gone

silver wash is mostly gone

marked "Preis 2 RM" (Price 2 Reichsmark) at the lower right

the Central Mediterranean Area and Continental Europe during the Second World War

Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles and three years' previous service with the Governor General's Foot Guards

gold-coloured and silver bullion wire

An Extremely Rare 1873 German Imperial Shanghai China Cross Auction silver wash is mostly goneGermany (Imperial), China (Tongzhi Imperial). "St. J. L. Germania Shanghai 1873" Cross Two piece construction, bronze gilt with red, white, pink, green, light blue, dark blue and black enamelled insignia, mounted to a bronze gilt cross with black enamelled arms, the insignia illustrating Germania (the personification of the German nation) holding a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left hand, inscribed "ST. J. L. GERMANIA SHANGHAI 1873" on