Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Archive circumscribed “MIT GOTT FVER KOENIG

circumscribed “MIT GOTT FVER KOENIG VND VATERLAND” (German - With God for King and Fatherland)

and the introduction year (1941)

6th Armored Infantry Regiment

some with markings on the reverse

Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Archive circumscribed “MIT GOTT FVER KOENIG(Bandenkampfabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating