Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Archive He would serve for ten

He would serve for ten years with the United States Army Air Force/United States Air Force

with the four provincial coat-of-arms

the reverse inscribed in cryllic script within an open ended laurel wreath

demonstrating scratching and softening of features consistent with field use in addition to some tarnishing of the base metal

minor soiling of material

Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Archive He would serve for ten(Bandenkampfabzeichen). Instituted January 30th, 1944. (Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1960). Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath joined together at the base 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 plain, with a sheet metal hinge, vertical round wire catch, and sheet metal hinge, unmarked