Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Badges Archive on original ribbon with pin

on original ribbon with pin and clasp

He retired from the German army later that year

farmers in the field with their cows and dogs)

with period original ribbon in poor condition

secured in place with olive green threading fed through the die-holes at either end and secured in place on the underside of the fold down flap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Badges Archive on original ribbon with pin(Dienstauszeichnungen der Wehrmacht). A pair of Wehrmacht service badges, including a War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, the consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse maker marked with LDO code L52 for C. F.