Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget Auction Kvaternik was Croatian military commander

Kvaternik was Croatian military commander and Minister of Domobranstvo (Armed Forces)

the national lotus flower symbol and date marked in Arabic

In March of 1944

the left panel stamped in black ink at the top "92" with "43" over "60" at the left

lug fasteners

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget Auction Kvaternik was Croatian military commander(Zugwachabteilung 508 Ringkragen). A rare Zugwach Abteilung (Wehrmacht Train Guards) gorget, constructed of a silvered feinzink base, the obverse bearing central raised aluminum numbers numbers 508, flanked on each side by Heer style eagles clutching mobile swastikas of identical construction, above an aluminum banner bearing an inscription of ZUGWACHABTEILUNG, with all aluminum features bearing the sporadic remnants of an original luminous paint