Germany, Imperial. A Hussar Officer’s Sabretache consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac when the ROC was stood

when the ROC was stood down

enamel chipping evident on the upper arm and at the base of the leafing

yellowing evident in the white enamels on the obverse

completing the Artillery School in Hannover

Germany, Imperial. A Hussar Officer’s Sabretache consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac when the ROC was stood(Sbeltasche). An extremely well preserved Hussar Officers sabretache, constructed of two pieces of pressed and reinforced red leather, with the exterior panel overlaid by red felt, in turn bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm II, set within an ornate tresse of identical construction, topped by three black leather straps, each adjusted with gilded bronze lion head buckles with prongs meeting five eyelets