contact marks and service wear
and him winding up in a refugee camp in Germany after the war presumably tells the story of a collaborator who chose to flee his home country when the Russians took over and start a new life in the country with which he had sympathised
An extremely well preserved early example of a NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker’s Party/Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) member’s armband
crafted of high quality feldgrau gabardine
Blade is plan
Germany, Heer. Two Award Documents To Nebelwerfer, 1St Heavy Battery Of (Nebel-)Werfer-Regiment United Republic of contact marks and service wearA War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords certificate to Obergefreiter (corporal) Andreas Schiebelsberger, dated to July 11, 1942. Measuring 148 mm (w) x 209 mm (h), presenting multiple folding creases, some overall creasing, and light fraying of the edges, remains better than fine. A Driver Proficiency Badge in Bronze certificate to Obergefreiter Schiebelsberger of the 1st Heavy Battery of (Nebel )Werfer Regiment (smoke launcher) 52, dated to September