Germany, Heer. A Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 54 Anti-Partisan Campaign Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In the intervening years between

In the intervening years between WWI and WWII vast amounts of data concerning weapons were correlated

the right pad coded "V-299 73"

each of the insignias linked together via fine links

most notable among the private photographs is a studio portrait of SS-Standartenführer Johann Maier

23 mm (w) x 62

Germany, Heer. A Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 54 Anti-Partisan Campaign Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In the intervening years between(Gebirgs Pionier Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, topped by an integral loop for suspension, the obverse bearing two raised edelweiss topped by a pennant, circumscribed by inscriptions of GEB. PI. BTL. 54 and UNBANDIG BEINAND!, the reverse bearing a central raised map of the Balkan peninsula, Turkey, and souther Ukraine, with arrows charting the movement of Gebirgs Pionier Bataillon 54 from the Eastern Front (Kuban