Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive 1942 and signed in pencil

1942 and signed in pencil by Colonel and Regiment Commander Karl Sievers (1892–1961)

She recruited women and girls from Poland and Ukraine

Instituted in 1914 (two-piece construction

west of Reims

3 mm (w) x 106

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive 1942 and signed in pencil(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