Both are slightly curled
support plate with a swing locking release on the reverse
The hooked pommel features an additional raised cogwheel on the obverse
A very scarce WWII period decoration
Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of First World War Central Powers Patriotic Badges certificate_of_authenticity Both are slightly curled(Mittelmchte 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