Austria, Imperial. A Set Of Hussar Officer's Shoulder Straps, C.1915 Auction Archive 89mm in width

89mm in width

for acts of valour in defending the borders of the Russian Empire

" It left me with real sad memories thinking about my wife whom I married just two weeks before I left for overseas

in silvered zinc with red and white enamels

Austria, Imperial. A Set Of Hussar Officer's Shoulder Straps, C.1915 Auction Archive 89mm in widthTwo rows of fine gold coloured bullion wire, interlaced with black threading, in a chevron formation, wrapped in a u shape, 17 mm fine silvered bullion wire with sequins insignia sewn in place on the upper, 18. 5 mm x 153 mm each, traces of black uniform threading remaining, one of two sequins missing on one, the other with both sequins intact, near extremely fine. (C: 102)