A Recovered & Rare Saxon Maria Anna Order; Third Class Hold at Chippawa

at Chippawa

Kansas City (which provided the most)

pommel and crossguard with excellent details retaining nearly 100% original finish

inscribed in pencil "Albert Johnson / Oconto Co

A Recovered & Rare Saxon Maria Anna Order; Third Class Hold at ChippawaIn silvered bronze, 33. 2 mm, missing its reverse centrepiece, fire damaged, fair. Recovered from the Bomber Out Zimmermann Factory: Zimmermann was a well known German manufacturer of a great variety of awards, German and International, and was destroyed in an allied bombing raid in the early 1940's on Pforzheim, Germany. Sometime in 1990, during construction on the site, a quantity of medals was discovered (about 50 kilos) and bought by eMedals. Some