the reverse inscribed “Für Verdienst” (For Merit) within an open-ended laurel wreath
the top arm of the cross with the Saxon crown and the bottom arm of the cross with the date ‘1915”
First Badge with a two-piece construction
60 mm (w) x 56
the reverse presents one large rivet at 6 o’clock
Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, Gold Grade Collector’s Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1980 GTRexclude the reverse inscribed “Für Verdienst”(Bandenkampfabzeichen in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an additional cluster of oak leaves defaced by a raised skull and crossbones, overlaid by a sword bearing a sunwheel style mobile swastika, plunging into a hydra, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a