The first postcard illustrates a standing Lieutenant Immelmann
reverse centre Gold a sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash with the inscription BELL(ICAE) VIRTUTIS PRAEM(IUM) ("reward of wartime valour")
with diamond laurel in each quadrant in silver gilt
fine hand etched body lettering with blue enamelling tightly surrounding the lettering which is typical of early 19th Century manufacturing
United Kingdom. An Order Of St. John Lapel Badge, By H.t. Lamb & Company Auction Archive The first postcard illustrates aInstituted in 1888. In silver with red and white enamels, maker marked "H. T. L & Co." (H. T. Lamb & Company), date marked "E" (1940), hallmarked with the British lion and marked with a leopard's head (made in London) on the reverse, illustrating the Order of St. John insignia within a wreath of laurel leaves and surmounted by a King's crown, measuring 33. 7 mm (w) x 41. 5 mm (h), horizontal pinback, intact enamels, light contact, near extremely fine.
