in the spring of 1942 he joined the Frontaufklärungs-Truppen (front reconnaissance troops)
measuring 51 mm (w) x 60 mm (h)
resigning his commission and immigrated to Canada
contact marks and surface wear throughout
A Rare German Cross in Silver by Deschler - Heavy version
Germany, Sa. A 1931 Brunswick Rally Badge Archive in the spring of 1942(Das Abzeichen vom SA Treffen in Braunschweig 1931). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Sturmabteilung (SA) style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, around a raised inscription of S A TREFFEN BRAUNSCHWEIG 17. 18. OKTOBER 1931, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), in extremely fine