Hanover, Kingdom. A Royal Guelphic Order, Miniature, C.1870 GTRexclude without interruptions in the velvet

without interruptions in the velvet fabric

with Tokyo 1964 Olympic emblem on lid

makes their story all the more compelling

inscribed “Für Verdienste im Kriege” (German - For Services at War)

A third reich period WHW (Winter Aid of the German People/Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes) badge

Hanover, Kingdom. A Royal Guelphic Order, Miniature, C.1870 GTRexclude without interruptions in the velvet(Guelphen Orden Miniatur). Instituted 1815 by Prince Regent George (later King George III). Consisting of a solid Gold Maltese Cross with each arm topped by finials and with a stylized lion passant in each quadrant of the Cross, centre of the obverse bears a white hand painted Hanoverian horse on a vibrant red enameled background within a ring of blue enamel, the reverse centre features a red enamel centre, topped with an engraved gold crown,