A Second War German Dagger Portepee Archive The interior of the tunic

The interior of the tunic is fully lined in grey rayon with an off-white rayon striped sleeve lining with the interior belt in place

the latter three medals mounted to a six-sided brass suspension with pinback

He accompanied his regiment to South Africa in October 1899

Weller was a combat squadron pliot and received the German Cross in Gold on December 12

He died on December 12

A Second War German Dagger Portepee Archive The interior of the tunicFabricated from fine aluminum bullion wire, the head in multiple rows of twisted wire, the centre of the head in loops of gray embroidery, the stem in a thatched design, measuring 30. 5 mm x 69. 5 mm, on an 860 mm long fine aluminum wire cord with slider, without fabric interruptions, extremely fine.