the highest award for bravery at the time
straps on the reverse of each
blunting the impetus of the offensive
reverse inscribed "1944-1945 NORMANDY / MOUNT PINCON / CROSSING OF THE SEINE / BRUSSELS AND ANTWERP / THE ADVANCE TO ARNHEM / THE ARDENNES / THE REICHSWALD / CROSSING OF THE RHINE / FINAL ADVANCE INTO GERMANY" inside an open-ended wreath of olive leaves
3) Signed Photograph of Heinrich Starke
Germany, Dsb. A 1942 German Shooting Association Kufstein Badge, By Carl Poellath Auction the highest award for bravery(Kreisschiessen Kufstein Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a central raised German national eagle clutching a rifle, flanked by a target overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of KREIS SCHIESSEN KUFSTEIN 1942, the reverse maker marked C. POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, measuring 36. 44 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm (h), weighing 22. 5 grams, with loss of finish