Party "Japanese Lantern" and new stick pins

[Military Trader]

Got these from an antique mall today -- The lantern is pretty unsafe as it is made of paper and holds a candle

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Stickpins came in the same group

[redline09]

nice lot


that stick pin "26-RD", is that a commemorative ww1 pin?

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I think it is -- would the RD stand for reserve division? If so here is some info on it.

The 26th Reserve Division (26. Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army, in World War I. The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was raised in the Kingdom of Württemberg.

The 26th Reserve Division spent World War I on the Western Front. It fought in the Battle of the Frontiers and then participated in the Race to the Sea, fighting in the Somme region. It occupied the line in the Somme/Artois region into 1916, facing the British offensive in the Battle of the Somme. It was relieved from the Somme in October 1916 and spent the winter of 1916-1917 in the Artois. In 1917, it fought in the Battle of Arras. In 1918, it fought in the German Spring Offensive and against the subsequent Allied offensives and counteroffensives. Allied intelligence rated the division as first class.