Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade Collector’s Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1980 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Department of National Defence (Militia

Department of National Defence (Militia Service) in Ottawa

Only forty-four had been issued to Canadians

A Luftwaffe cuff title constructed of blue wool with the inscription “Kriegsberichter der Luftwaffe” (“War Correspondent of the Luftwaffe”) in gothic lettering in silver-aluminum threads

circumscribed by an inscription of “ALBERTUS ANIMOSUS” (“ALBERT THE VALIANT”)

Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade Collector’s Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1980 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Department of National Defence (Militia(Bandenkampfabzeichen in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an additional cluster of oak leaves defaced by a raised skull and crossbones, overlaid by a sword bearing a sunwheel style mobile swastika, plunging into a hydra, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a