RZM maker marked “Foerster & Barth - Pforzheim” on reverse
the sixth photograph is black and white and faded to a sepia-toned look
The dagger features a 308 mm-long nickel-plated magnetic steel blade with a semi-sharpened tip and unsharpened edges
silver hallmarked
With his unit Osterhold went to Russia where he distinguished himself in the Demyansk pocket
Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of First War Trench Art Badges Auction RZM maker marked “Foerster &(Erinnerungsabzeichen). A pair of First War commemorative trench art badges, including a 1914 badge, constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 46 mm (w) x 17 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition, and; an undated badge, constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, horizontal pinback, the reverse with an etched inscription of ERINNERUNG AN DEN WELTKRIEG 1914 1915 (IN MEMORY OF THE WORLD WAR 1914 195), measuring