France, Iii Republic. A Named Tortoise Shell Award Case With Gold, C.1840 Auction Archive suspended from a hanger in

suspended from a hanger in bronze with light blue and white enamels

though most of these records are still held in provincial archives

The simulated detonator mechanism is made from a 303 shell and the main "holder" is an oerlikon shell

The document is a poem written in the local Silesian-German dialect

42 BERLIN" (December 16

France, Iii Republic. A Named Tortoise Shell Award Case With Gold, C.1840 Auction Archive suspended from a hanger inCase composed of two pieces, a lid and base, both incorporating a tortoise shell design, the lid with a 11 mm (w) x 15 mm (h) fleur de lis applique in 18K Gold affixed in the centre, with a 35. 3 mm (w) x 5. 5 mm (h) name plaque also in 18K Gold affixed below the fleur de lis, the plaque engraved " M. Zebick." in italic script, held in place at either end by pins fed through clasps bearing a floral design, three die holes above the fleur de lis where