Germany, Weimar Republic. A Pair of Awards for Freikorps Service Newly Listed Blaquiere was killed in action

Blaquiere was killed in action in Luzon while relaying messages from the forward observer to the gun positions during enemy fire

(Silberbesteck)

measuring 49 mm (w) x 102 mm (l) x 17 mm (h)

" a corruption of "Maori" as a play on his earlier life in New Zealand

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Pair of Awards for Freikorps Service Newly Listed Blaquiere was killed in action(Freikorps Auszeichnungen). A pair of awards for Freikorps service, including: 1. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, constructed of silvered and patinated brass, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle with feathering executed in exceptional detail, clutching a silvered banner in its talons bearing a raised inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA), overlaid across its chest by a silvered Brustmond, the reverse with a raised barrel