Germany, Imperial. A Pocket Watch for Railway Personnel, with Patriotic Chain, by Eugen Porcher GTRexclude A Tsuba (hand guard) depicting

A Tsuba (hand guard) depicting a scene with multiple oriental storks

with a view to an appointment to the Indian Army

the twelve o’clock arm bearing a raised crown

An example of an extremely well preserved Gold Grade Cross of Honour of the German Mother (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter)

8 mm (w) x 83

Germany, Imperial. A Pocket Watch for Railway Personnel, with Patriotic Chain, by Eugen Porcher GTRexclude A Tsuba (hand guard) depicting(Taschenuhr). Constructed of a multi piece silver casing, the obverse featuring a white face with numerals 1 12 graded at five second intervals, in turn topped by 60 second stopwatch markers marked at five second intervals, with gilded hour and minute hands, featuring an additional 60 second stopwatch with an independently functioning arm, the reverse bearing a finely engraved depiction of a steam engine, topped by a wind up dials turn connecting to a