Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive a worn badge with contact

a worn badge with contact to reverse

Minor material fatigue is evident

when the staff for No

Franz Joseph I (1914-1916)

52 mm (w) x 69

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive a worn badge with contact(Bandenkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom 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 with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but