✚8191✚ German post WW2 1957 pattern Riding Badge Das Reiterabzeichen BRONZE Enlisted ranks of Matrose up

Enlisted ranks of Matrose up to and including Hauptgefreiter career insignia were generally embroidered on small round bases while NCO ranks of Maat up to and including Oberdeckoffizier career insignia were on larger

Six persons received two Knights Cross' of the War Merit Cross (one with Swords and one without Swords): Walter Brugmann

since there were few in service who held the 1870 Iron Cross

The battle and work uniform consists of Flecktarn camouflage fatigues

✚8191✚ German post WW2 1957 pattern Riding Badge Das Reiterabzeichen BRONZE Enlisted ranks of Matrose upOriginal post WW2 (1957 pattern) German Riding Badge (Das Reiterabzeichen) in Bronze on its original carton with matching stickpin NICE EXAMPLE, MINT CONDITION, A FINE DETAILED PIECE WITH ATTRACTIVE FINISH, SIZE: cca 65 x 45 mm, RARE BADGE FEW FACTS ABOUT 1957 PATTERN AWARDS: In 1957 the West German government authorised replacement Iron Crosses with an Oak Leaf Cluster in place of the swastika, similar to the Iron Crosses of 1813, 1870, and 1914,