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Die struck alloy construction,
solid backed, badge with a silver washed finish features a
vertically oval oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle
with down-swept wings, superimpose to the top center,
encompassing the cut-out, forward profile of a tank. The badge
has lost all of its original silver wash and has reverted to
the flat matte grey of the base alloy. The plain, solid,
reverse has a crimped, soldered hinge inset into a circular
recess with raised securing lips, a thin round vertical pin
and a soldered catch on a circular base plate inset into a
circular recess all intact. The reverse of the badge is well
marked with the stylized, manufacturer’s initials, "AH",
indicating manufacture by Hermann Aurich of Dresden.
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PANZER ASSAULT BADGE, SILVER |
IH-645 |
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Die struck, alloy construction
bravery award with a silver wash is in the form of a Maltese
style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed,
canted, swastika encircled by an oak-leave wreath to the
obverse. The swords, indicating bravery, emanated upwards
between the arms of the cross. The background field of the
obverse centerpiece is smooth while the arms of the cross have
a pebbled background field with raised, smooth, outer edges.
The award appears to retain about 95% of it’s original silver
wash which has age dulled to a flat matte grey appearance with
numerous, small lifting bubbles. The plain, reverse has a
soldered, solid style hinge on an oval base plate, a broad,
tapered, vertical "Coke " bottle pin and a heavy soldered
catch also on an oval base plate all intact. The reverse of
the pin is well marked with the embossed manufacturer’s LDO
code within a rectangular recess, "L15", indicating
manufacture by Otto Schickle of Pforzheim. The award comes
housed in a roughly, 2 5/8" square, 3/4" thick, pressed
cardboard and wood construction case with a black, simulated
grained leather covering. The top lid of the case has an
impressed, silvered outline of the War Merit Cross with
swords. The case has a fold back top lid with a magnetic,
staggered, bar hinge to the reverse. The case also had a
spring activated closure button to the obverse but the closure
button has broken off. The interior of the top lid is lined in
white satin while the interior bottom of the case has a
crinkle textured, black crepe paper lining with a vertical
cut-out to secure the hinge, pin and catch assembly of the
badge. The case is in overall fairly good condition with light
to moderate chafe wear to the exterior and minor yellowing to
the interior satin lining. |
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WAR MERIT CROSS 1ST
CLASS, 1939 WITH SWORDS |
IH-646 |
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ARMY FLAK ARTILLERY BADGE, 1941 |
IH-647 |
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SILVER WOUND BADGE |
IH-648 |
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NARVIK CAMPAIGN SHIELD |
IH-649 |
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RUSSIAN FRONT MEDAL 1941/42 |
IH-650 |
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WILHELM DEUMER, FIFTEEN PIECE,
MEDAL/AWARD SALESMEN'S DISPLAY BOARD |
IH-651 |
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GENERAL ASSAULT BADGE |
IH-652 |
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BAR TO THE IRON CROSS 2ND
CLASS, 1939 |
IH-653 |
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IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS,
1939 |
IH-654 |
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CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN SHIELD |
IH-655 |
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WAR MERIT MEDAL |
IH-656 |
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Roughly, 12" long, 1 1/8"
wide, horizontally ribbed, rayon ribbon with vertical
striping with a wide, central black stripe with a narrow
red center stripe flanked by white and red outer edge
stripes. |
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WAR MERIT MEDAL RIBBON |
IH-664 |
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Roughly, 1 3/4" wide, 44 1/4"
long, horizontal ribbed rayon ribbon features a central
red vertical base with dual narrow black outer and dual
narrow white inner edge stripes. |
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KNIGHT'S CROSS OF THE IRON
CROSS RIBBON |
IH-665 |
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Roughly, 5/8" wide, 31' 11"
long, horizontally ribbed, woven rayon ribbon features a
central, black, vertical, base with narrow, red, outer and
narrow, white, inner edge stripes. |
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MINIATURE WAR MERIT CROSS 2ND
CLASS RIBBON |
IH-666 |
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Pre-1940 pattern insignia with
a roughly, 2 1/2" tall, 2" wide, vertically oval, machine
woven, blue/green rayon base with a machine woven
edelweiss flower with thirteen irregular white petals, an
eight bulb, yellow stamen and dual green leaves and stem
all in rayon threads. The edelweiss is encompassed with a
simulated, pale grey rayon mountaineer rope border, with a
silvery/grey piton to the top center. |
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MOUNTAIN TROOP SLEEVE
EDELWEISS |
IH-667 |
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The pre-1940 pattern Infantry
Signals trade badge is in the form of a roughly, 2 1/4"
tall, 1 3/4" wide, vertically oval, dark, blue/green badge
cloth base with a central, machine embroidered, downward
pointing, blitz arrow in white rayon threads. The blitz
arrow stands out in nice high relief. |
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INFANTRY SIGNALS PERSONNEL'S
TRADE BADGE |
IH-668 |
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