Original Imperial German WWI Framed Portrait of EKI Recipient Oberleutnant Erwin Bubenhofer, 13 Artillerie Regiment with Iron Cross 2nd Class Attached to Frame - 8¾ x 10¾” French Pistols the management of the school

the management of the school changed from the French to the Vietnamese National Army (VNA)

These “Type I” arms were manufactured with iron furniture and were generally made from obsolete

The front of the helmet has a painted-on a 1st Lieutenant’s Rank Bar

One of those emigres

should the tanto ever be equipped

Original Imperial German WWI Framed Portrait of EKI Recipient Oberleutnant Erwin Bubenhofer, 13 Artillerie Regiment with Iron Cross 2nd Class Attached to Frame - 8¾ x 10¾” French Pistols the management of the schoolOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is an outstanding framed portrait of an Imperial German officer, identified on the back of the frame as Oberleutnant Erwin Bubenhofer of Das Wrttembergische Feldartillerie Regiment Konig Karl (1. Wurtt.) Nr. 13. The frame itself measures 8 x 10, but the soldier attached the planchet and ring of his EKII, Iron Cross 2nd Class to the top of the frame, and used the ribbon in the bottom right corner of the interior,