GERMAN 800 SILVER SHIELD for FLAG NAIL BADGEHand engraved and finished Flag Nail, honor badge. Measures ...

GERMAN 800 SILVER SHIELD for FLAG NAIL BADGE
Hand engraved and finished Flag Nail, honor badge. Measures approximately 2 1/8' high and curved to fit around a flagpole.
Engraved to read, 'Gewidmet Kriegerverein Pratzlamken, Kriegerverein Bynsk, Fahnen, 11.8.1911'.
Marked '800' on the reverse for silver content. Weighs 12.8 grams. Appears to have started its life as gilt. No damage with some wear. Looks like it survived a couple of world wars.
As far as Flag Nails, it was the German tradition to mount these 'Flag Nails' Fahnenagel on the flagpoles of the various units in commemoration of dates, events and people, and this tradition continued from the late 19th century through WW2.
At the end of WW2, all flags were confiscated, and this ended the tradition.
Purchased by us as part of a collection directly from Detlev Niemann of Hamburg - the famous author of catalogue 'Orders and Decorations Germany 1871 1945', 2008. For sample we put a stick of flag with the same flag nail. Please note: last image is for sample only.
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