Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1940 GTRexclude Company Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Baldwin

Company Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Baldwin was discharged upon demobilization

925g of silver fineness

he was recommended for the First Oak Leaf Cluster to the Army Commendation Medal: "Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A

and General Staff Badge (three-piece construction

Helmet measures 285 mm x 302 mm x 110 mm

Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1940 GTRexclude Company Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Baldwin(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered banner bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA), overlaid across its chest by a Brustmond, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 32. 13 mm (w) x 43. 24 mm (h), weighing 14. 3 grams, a Third Reich period example in