Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges for Combat and Sports Merit United Republic of and a Cadets Group Photograph

and a Cadets Group Photograph (black and white

he was again promoted to Oberst on 1 October 1933

bordered by the inscription ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE 100 JAHRFEIER DES 0

The division was transferred to Yugoslavia on May 8

He managed to get off the peninsula just in time before Russian forces reconquered it

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges for Combat and Sports Merit United Republic of and a Cadets Group Photograph1. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k rifle with the bayonet attached and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,