Austria, Imperial. A Fine Chain of Miniature Imperial Orders by Vincent Mayer, in Gold, with Case Auction Archive the waist with a four-piece

the waist with a four-piece cascading fauld

dated 16 December 1938 and certified by a facsimile signature of Otto Meissner

flanked on each side by stylized wings and measuring 95 mm (w) x 40 mm (h) overall

this at a vital time when casualties were occurring ‘left and right’ and most of the officers had been struck down - hence the D

a partially detached left collar tab

Austria, Imperial. A Fine Chain of Miniature Imperial Orders by Vincent Mayer, in Gold, with Case Auction Archive the waist with a four-pieceA lovely miniature chain in 18K Gold, featuring a star patterned pin on one end marked VM denoting manufacture by Vincent Mayer, along with a goat head gold mark denoting Gold composition, measures 245 mm in total length, weighs 20. 79 grams in total, comprising eight decorations: An Order of Franz Joseph, Miniature Grand Cross in silver with Gold center featuring a red enamel cross with eagle in the segments with crown and central FJ centerpiece in