Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive Suspended from an ornate leafed

Suspended from an ornate leafed buckle

measuring 60 mm (w) x 87 mm (h) and 61

machine embroidered in grey threads on black wool base

a worn badge with contact to reverse

52 mm (w) x 69

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive Suspended from an ornate leafed(Bandenkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but