Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Bronze Grade Archive for 18 Years of Service

for 18 Years of Service

which combined and re-organized the old Volunteer Force with the remaining units of militia and yeomanry

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

to Obergefreiter (Corporal)

both ends incorporating a loop

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Bronze Grade Archive for 18 Years of Service(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