A Large German Imperial Shooting Award Buy Now Number 282658

Number 282658

Contained in a small box with handwritten label ‘This Seal once belonged and was used by the Duke of Wellington and was given by his niece Miss Fitzroy to the Revd W

with a skull and spiked helmet below

the scabbard measuring 222 mm in length

He was at the Canadian Base Depot when he was drafted for service with the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion in France on September 26

A Large German Imperial Shooting Award Buy Now Number 282658Two piece construction; silvered and bronze gilt with green, white and black enamels; unmarked; the obverse illustrating a target in the centre backed by crossed rifles and oak leaves, overlying a Maltesian cross; the reverse inscribed Knigin with some text scratched out; measuring 85 mm x 54 inclusive of its crown suspension; ribbon on the reverse of the crown; enamel chipping on the left and right arm, with scattered silvering and gilt wear; overall