A nifty bauble

[dond]

Picked it up off of the much maligned ebay.

[army historian]

Neat - what is it? Cheers Captain Albert

[dond]

A Deutsche Officers Verein membership I.D.

[Paul C]

what is the name

[rujab]

Here is another piece from Hessen

Rudi

[rujab]

revers

[dond]

what is the name

Graf von Sponeck.

[Paul C]

There are with Grafs with that last name so I can't narrow it down.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Nice, it must have been used like a credit card? You flash it and can put the stuff you buy on your account.

Best

Chris

[dond]

In the last couple of months I've managed to track down the author of the "Sponneck Saga." He is Geofrey Harry Sponneck, living in South Africa. He took a great interest in the artifact and that someone outside of his family would have an interest in such a thing as it relates to his family. After several correspondences he has helped me narrow down the possibilities to:

Wilhelm Franz v Sponeck (Major General) 1845-1913

Karl v Sponeck (Lt. General) 1816-1904

Anton Franz Heinrich v Sponeck (Major) 1845-1905

Theodor v Sponeck (Major General) 1869-1982

Hans v Sponeck (Lt. General) 1888-1944

He was also nice enough to send me a hard bound copy of his self published work, "The Sponneck Saga." It is a more extensive work then the online edition and is fully illustrated. He has also asked family members to look thru files to see if we can find an old receipt or membership card to finally put a face to this item. A true gentlemen.