Austria, Imperial. A Infantry Regiment 78 Cap Badge, C.1917 Hold this dagger features a 130

this dagger features a 130 mm nickel-plated steel blade

in red bakelite

issued to immediate family members of service members killed in combat

marked “Wilhelm Schröder & Co

the badge measuring 31 mm x 34 mm and suspended from a 6 mm x 50

Austria, Imperial. A Infantry Regiment 78 Cap Badge, C.1917 Hold this dagger features a 130A first war period Austro Hungarian cap badge; in polished zink; double claw pins on the reverse; unmarked; measuring 37 mm (w) x 43 mm (h); in overall extremely fine condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely by Dr. Goodwin between 1946 1967. Dr. Goodwin had a successful career as an educator and prominent physician in New York as well as