Germany, Ss. A Germanic Folk Art Silver Brooch, With Case, By Gahr Auction Archive with real embedded mother-of-pearl ribbed

with real embedded mother-of-pearl ribbed plates on either side

After a long period of hospitalization

some flecking of enamels and loss of silver finish evident

3rd Class Commander - Silver gilt and enamels

Germany, Ss. A Germanic Folk Art Silver Brooch, With Case, By Gahr Auction Archive with real embedded mother-of-pearl ribbed(Silberbrosche mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse presenting in a stylized animalistic design interspersed with geometric shapes, characteristic of old Germanic (Anglo Saxon and Nordic) folk art, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked GAHR, MNCHEN for the firm of Otto and Karolina Gahr, above double Sig runes, measuring 31. 02 mm (w) x 56. 29 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,