Germany, Imperial. A First World War Italian Front Propaganda Medallion, By Wilhelm Eberbach GTRexclude (Luftwaffe Schreibtischschmuck)

(Luftwaffe Schreibtischschmuck)

oxidation evident on one of the gilt stars

in silver with a gilt insignia

He was enroute to England

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Italian Front Propaganda Medallion, By Wilhelm Eberbach GTRexclude (Luftwaffe Schreibtischschmuck)(Medaille). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, the obverse bearing a raised personification of death in the form of a skeleton affixed to a pair of skis and wielding a rifle mounted to a bipod (in reference to the mountain combat characteristic of the Italian Front), the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEM HERZOG VON AOSTRA (TO THE DUKE OF AOSTA, in reference to Prince Emanuele Filiberto, commander of the Italian Third Army), situated