Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Bronze Grade Archive to Obergefreiter (Corporal)

to Obergefreiter (Corporal)

the cross exhibits the manufacturing characteristics and die flaws of a textbook Type-A Knight’s Cross

both ends incorporating a loop

the regiment fought in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Bronze Grade Archive to Obergefreiter (Corporal)(Bandenkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a raised skull and crossbones, overlaid by a vertical sword bearing a sunwheel style swastika at the ricasso, in turn plunging into a nest of vipers, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch situated atop a round