pebbled buttons (reverse stamped RZM M5/76/6 for Friedrich Linden) positioned down the front of the tunic meet an equal number of reinforced buttonholes
No awards were rendered after 1943
XXXVI - Troops in Campaign
red wool sides and underside
A Bavarian Army Portepee (Sword Knot) constructed of silvered aluminum bullion wire
Italy, Kingdom. An Honour Badge of Italian Personnel Training in Germany, Silver Grade GTRexclude pebbled buttons (reverse stamped RZMConstructed of a silvered metal alloy, the obverse consisting of a pair of crossed swords, superimposed over oak leaves, and overlaid by a central fasces defaced by a mobile swastika, the reverse featuring an off centre crimped disc formerly accommodating a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 49. 42 mm (w) x 31. 25 mm (h), in addition to the missing pinback the base metal demonstrates moderate loss of silver plating which has pitted and oxidized,