Stalingrad Cross Insignia On Hauptmanns Shoulder Boards Auction Archive Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

V: The Road to Arras

Almost identical to Mericka

Badge was awarded after 2 months of active service

but there is no doubt that Boatswain Robert Silvers was entitled to and received the NGS/Martinique

Stalingrad Cross Insignia On Hauptmanns Shoulder Boards Auction Archive GloucestershireInfantry Hauptmanns shoulder boards, with Hoch und Deutschmeister Kreutz, also called Stalingrad Cross (25. 0x33. 25mm) insignia attached; insignia is die stamped in silvered iron (magnetic) and is lacquered; moderately worn, in very fine condition. These honorary insignia was worn by the Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch und Deutschmeister (formerly 44th Infantry Division, nearly completely destroyed at Stalingrad).