Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Badges And Insignia Auction Archive constructed of silvery machine embroidery

constructed of silvery machine embroidery on an olive green rayon blend backer

the interior title page features handwritten autographs of both Houston and Koundakjian

250 mm long

Gun Layer Proficiency Badge (in bronze

75 mm x 93 mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Badges And Insignia Auction Archive constructed of silvery machine embroidery(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of five badges and insignia, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,