Germany, Imperial. A First World War Dual Alliance Patriotic Badge
(Abzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with multi-coloured enamels, the obverse featuring a gilded centrepiece bearing raised and rightward-facing profiles of Emperor Franz Joseph and Kaiser Wilhelm II, surrounded by a green enameled laurel branch border, in turn surrounded by a black enameled ring featuring red, white, and black German Imperial tri-colour pennants at the corners, the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 36 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

