Germany, Federal Republic. A Lower Saxony Criminal Police Identity Disc, c. 1950 Newly Listed to be uncased 6 days

to be uncased 6 days later

measuring 99 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)

Ten of the regiment's officers and 143 enlisted men were killed in action or mortally wounded and one officer and 128 enlisted men died of disease

(Wissam al-Mahdawiya)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Lower Saxony Criminal Police Identity Disc, c. 1950 Newly Listed to be uncased 6 days(Kriminalpolizei Niedersachsen Dienstmarke). Constructed of bronze, the twelve oclock position perforated with an eyelet for chain or fob suspension, consisting of an oval disc, the obverse with stylized borders, bearing a central raised gilded and enameled Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of KRIMINAL POLIZEI (CRIMINAL POLICE), and situated above an engraved number 3, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (h),