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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 486

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

An impressive German group of eight attributed to Oberleutnant E. O. G. Clausen

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, silver with iron centre, with riband; Wurttemberg, Wilhelms Cross 1915, bronze, with riband; Prussia, riband only for Hindenburg Cross 1914-18; Wurttemberg, Friedrich Order, 1st Class Knight's Cross, gilt and enamel; Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, 4th Class Badge, silver and enamel, 'FP' maker's mark between rays, with riband; Wurttemberg, Silver Wedding Medal 1911; Red Cross Medal, with riband; Hungary, Commemorative War Medal 1914-18, marked 'bronz', with riband; Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class Badge, gold [56 zolotniki] and enamel, maker's initals and court mark to reverse under enamel, with riband, light crack to Iron Cross, centre of Order of the Red Eagle slightly loose, small enamel chip to lower arm of St. Anne, otherwise overall very fine and better (8)

Eugen Otto Gaston Clausen is further entitled to the Hindenburg Cross 1914-18.

Sold together with archive including:

(i)
Original and copied photographs of Clausen, including some in which he is in uniform and wearing his medals

(ii)
Two warrants of commission with seals

(iii)
Copied documents including family tree, birth register of his son, and death register of his wife.

(iv)
Typed and signed list of his medals and decorations.

For documents and militaria belonging to his father, Lieutenant General Otto Wilhelm von Clausen, please see Lot 487.

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Estimate
£700 to £900

Starting price
£550