Germany, Third Reich. A Reich Financial Administration Border Protection Arm Shield United Republic of repair evident in the red

repair evident in the red enamels on all five star points on both sides

1919 and was honourably discharged on May 21st

105 mm x 270 mm

I would say that the bravest man I have seen in two years of the Pacific War was William Deane Hawkins

Chapter III : By Side-door Pullman to Belgium - Our Baptism of Blood - Flirtations With Gas - Trench Routine - The Army Idea of Rest

Germany, Third Reich. A Reich Financial Administration Border Protection Arm Shield United Republic of repair evident in the red(Reichsfinanzverwaltung Zollgrenzschutz rmelabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse with a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, topped by an inscription of REICHSFINANZVERWALTUNG ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (REICH FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION BORDER PROTECTION), with a raised plaque bearing a stamped number of 18662, with four sets of dual attachment holes, unmarked, measuring 68 mm (w) x 82 mm (h), in near