probably from not being cleaned after shooting corrosive ammunition
War of 1812 and famously at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 which finally routed Napoleon Bonaparte
It is maker marked 7 on the clip stem for the maker Paul Maybauer of Berlin and is offered in very good condition
and was sent to France in September 1939
154th Infantry
Original German WWII Luftwaffe Gold 1941 German Cross Award Embroidered Cloth Badge in Blue British Ordnance probably from not being cleanedOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is an very nice RARE example of a German WWII German Cross (Deutsches Kreuz) in Gold award, issued as a cloth embroidered badge for use on the Luftwaffe (Air Force) uniform. The badge is approximately 2 7 8 inches (72mm) wide, and is hand embroidered, featuring a double, overlaid, eight point, sunburst pattern with the top, inner layer, sunburst in matte, brownish grey, cotton threads, and the bottom, outer