Germany, HJ. A DJ Banner Province of China A promotion certificate to Regierungsinspektor

A promotion certificate to Regierungsinspektor (governmental inspector) Hörmann

the reverse with a central gilt medallion bearing an inscription of “VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT” (“SERVICE TO THE STATE”)

PINCHES LONDON engravers mark on the obverse

foreword by Vivian Stuart

XXI - The Battle of Maiwand

Germany, HJ. A DJ Banner Province of China A promotion certificate to Regierungsinspektor(DJ Fanfarentuch). Constructed of weather hardened block cotton, bearing double side central white cotton Sig runes, with a twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire fringe emanating from the lower edge, unmarked, measuring 46. 5 cm (w) x 46. 5 cm (h), the absence of fringes from the left and right sides, in addition to the lack of a means of suspension, indicates that the banner is likely a factory unfinished example of a banner typically suspended