wound badge and tinnie in fine condition
pinned with a gilded bronze rank pip and crown
returning to duty with the 43rd Infantry Battalion on October 6th
with the 69th Depot Battery
as he had participated in a total of nine combat missions from Henderson Field at Guadalcanal
Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross Official’s Belt Buckle, By Overhoff & Cie Auction Archive wound badge and tinnie in(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised German Red Cross (DRK) style German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika and clutching a Geneva Cross, within an oval laurel leaf wreath on a pebbled background, the reverse with an integral loop and swivel attachment claws, maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 m (h), in extremely fine condition.