Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Central Powers Patriotic Badges
(Mittelmächte Abzeichen). A pair of First World War Central Powers patriotic badges, including one constructed of silvered bronze with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing teh raised profiles of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor Franz Joseph, and Sultan Mehmed V, surrounded by the coats of Arms of Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire, with a 1914 Iron Cross, laurel and oak branches, and dates “1914-15”, unmarked, measuring 23 mm (w) x 26 mm (h), in extremely fine condition, and; one constructed of bronze with a horizontal pinback, featuring a central transparent enameled disc bearing the flags of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire, above oak leaf branches and below dates “1914-15”, unmarked, measuring 30 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.

