Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade Collector’s Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1980 GTRexclude First Badge with a two-piece

First Badge with a two-piece construction

the reverse inscribed “Für Verdienst” (For Merit) within an open-ended laurel wreath

Footnote: Exhaustive research by Daniel Krause

under German rules

measuring 200 mm (w) x 115 mm (h)

Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade Collector’s Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1980 GTRexclude First Badge with a two-piece(Bandenkampfabzeichen in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an additional cluster of oak leaves defaced by a raised skull and crossbones, overlaid by a sword bearing a sunwheel style mobile swastika, plunging into a hydra, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a