Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade Collector’s Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1980 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac topped by a void for

topped by a void for the presumed addition of engraved recipient information

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 83rd Infantry Battalion

(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes II

the lettering in silver bullion on a maroon felt background

silver star on its original ribbon with brooch pinback

Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade Collector’s Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1980 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac topped by a void for(Bandenkampfabzeichen in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an additional cluster of oak leaves defaced by a raised skull and crossbones, overlaid by a sword bearing a sunwheel style mobile swastika, plunging into a hydra, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a