Germany, Imperial. A Mönchengladbach Vorwärts Masonic Lodge Collar Decoration, c. 1850 visually-hidden the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Luftwaffe eagle

Includes two Wehrpaß-Notiz

in turn bearing a title and author’s name in gilded lettering

ten with button hole attachments in plastic

engraved "LONGUUEIL 1972" on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A Mönchengladbach Vorwärts Masonic Lodge Collar Decoration, c. 1850 visually-hidden the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(Freimaurerloge Halsdekoration). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with white enameled arms and a central medallion of identical construction, the former bearing gilt inscriptions of VORWRTS (one of the earliest Masonic lodges in the Rhineland), ORIENT GLADBACH, and a lodge number of 5845, the latter featuring a hand painted scene consisting of a raven in mid flight over a coastal background topped by