Germany, Imperial. An Army Officer’s Parade Sash Auction while the reserves were commanded

while the reserves were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel MacDonnell

the panels are rolled up and secured in place with two brown bakelite buttons emanating from the right side meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

the images documenting an extensive career beginning with mandatory RAD service

He was born in 1896

as well as the Baden Order of Zahringer Lion

Germany, Imperial. An Army Officer’s Parade Sash Auction while the reserves were commanded(Schrpe fr Offiziere). A well preserved Heer (Army) Officers parade sash, constructed of double overlaid lengths of silver aluminum wire straps, topped by dual machine embroidered slate grey tresses, completing at each end in a portepee constructed of multiple layers of flattened silver aluminum wire situated within netting of identical construction, with silver aluminum wire fringes emanating from both, wrapped with a period drawstring which retains