1944 Sträuber joined the 2nd Company of Mountain Corps Signals Detachment 419
specifically in Captain Duncan Cameron’s Company (1st Flank Company)
an insignia incorporating a life preserver inscribed "MARE NOSTRVM"
In hardshelled case of issue
7 mm (w) x 36
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Badges Auction Archive 1944 Sträuber joined the 2nd(Wehrmacht Dienstabzeichen). A pair of service badges, including a War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 48. 58 mm (w) x 48. 49