Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Karl Wurster certificate_of_authenticity / And you send back

/ And you send back my son

HAPAG merged with the Bremen-based North German Lloyd

clutching a wreathed swastika in celleon thread

with slight soiling evident throughout

Officers temporarily detailed from others regiments were unfamiliar with the soldiers of the 88th and often had no strong interest in recognizing soldiers who distinguished themselves

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Karl Wurster certificate_of_authenticity / And you send back(HJ Leistungsabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a Tyr rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M1 34 for Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen, measuring 30. 62 mm (w) x 51. 21 mm (h), weighing 14. 8 grams, most of the silver finish has been