Lot 6762
An overcoat for Prussian officers, dated 1914
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Fine dark blue cloth with ponceau red piping and stand-up collar, two rows of smooth golden buttons by Busch, Potsdam, shoulder straps in the rank of lieutenant looped in at a later date as an addition (silver braid interwoven in black, red cloth lining). Black silk lining with an inside breast pocket, containing the tailor's label “C.H.Busch Hoflieferant Potsdam” with the handwritten wearer's name “Oberstltnt. Graf von Spee” and date “6.14”, sleeve lining in white silk (tears). Rapier slit. A few minimal moth holes here and there, signs of age and wear.349294
Condition: II + Questions about the lot?
