Following the First World War
When they reached the village concerned some Frenchmen told the major there were some German soldiers in a farm and a wood just outside the village
recipient's name engraved on the reverse
but possible maker Friedrich Linden
two holes drilled through the helmet allowing the badge's lugs to pass through and are welded in place
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Camp Correspondence GTRexclude Following the First World War(Briefverkehr). A mixed lot of four ghetto and concentration camp correspondence, including a postcard mailed from Budapest to an inmate of Litzmannstadt (d Ghetto), featuring a lengthy handwritten inscription, dated 18 February 1942, measuring 148 mm (w) x 105 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a letter to Andreas Pietrovski, an inmate of the Litzmannstadt ghetto, featuring a handwritten inscription from Zygmunt Pietrovski, an inmate of Gusen