Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cruiser Emden Commemorative Album, with Prewar and Wartime Photographs consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac within a stylized belt bearing

within a stylized belt bearing an inscription of “MERENTI” (“MERIT”) the twelve o’clock arm bearing a crossed sword clasp

An Order of the Bavarian Crown - Commander's Cross

emboss stamped where it is stitched to the body of the belt "1/35" flanked by the SS Runes to the left and the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia to the right

Pflanzer-Baltin became General Inspector of the infantry in 1917 and subsequently Supreme Commander of Austro-Hungarian infantry in Albania

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cruiser Emden Commemorative Album, with Prewar and Wartime Photographs consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac within a stylized belt bearing(Kreuzer Ermden Album mit Fotos). An extremely well preserved Cruiser Emden commemorative album, constructed of a heavy card stock binding with a faux brown leather exterior liner, the cover bearing a gilded and finely detailed depiction of the ship in profile, topped by an inscription of DIENSTERINNERUNGEN UND FAHRTEN MIT KREUZER EMDEN (SERVICE MEMORIES AND JOURNEY WITH CRUISER EMDEN), flanked by a coat of arms, the spine perforated with four holes