Germany, Nsdap. A Rare And Exceptional Gau Wartheland Honour Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic taken on strength on September

taken on strength on September 16

a studio portrait of a Weimar-era Officer wearing a DRL Sports Badge

exposing the reverse of the embroidered silvery script

Following the start of Operation Barbarossa

measuring 72 mm (w) x 79

Germany, Nsdap. A Rare And Exceptional Gau Wartheland Honour Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic taken on strength on September(Gau Ehrenzeichen Wartheland). Constructed of silvered tombak with enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a raised date of 1939 executed in blue enamels, in turn topped by a raised plow and sword, all surrounding a detailed NSDAP style German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed swastika, the latter similarly finished in blue enamels, the reverse bearing an engraved award number of NR. 85