Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Auction Archive 6) A rare and desirable

6) A rare and desirable Bavarian Observers Officer’s Badge

though most of these records are still held in provincial archives

Stitched onto the peak is an insignia in the form of a field-grey rayon backer bearing a grey machine-embroidered Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

the reverse plain with fine red enamels on the arms of the cross

Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Auction Archive 6) A rare and desirable(Bandenkampfabzeichen). Instituted January 30th, 1944. (Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1960). Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath joined together at the base 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 plain, with a sheet metal hinge, vertical round wire catch, and sheet metal hinge, unmarked