Awarded to Obergefreiten Siegfried Schwittling on 22 April 1944
He was present with the 1/71st in the Waterloo campaign and is shown in the muster for June as being wounded
the reverse inscribed “Vedienste ums Vaterland” (German - Merit for the Fatherland)
the Battalion sent only volunteers and never formed units
composed of three conjoined 53rd Infantry Battalion insignias
Poland. A Third Reich Period Veterans Organization Honour Badge By W. Miecznik Buy Now Awarded to Obergefreiten Siegfried SchwittlingA well preserved example of a third reich period Polish Federacja Polskich Zwizkw Obrocw Ojczyzny Federation of Polish Union of Defenders of Homeland honour badge, in silver and gilt bronze as well as red, white, and blue enamels, the obverse with the logo of the organisation superimposed on a four pointed star, the reverse with a complete screwback assembly, maker marked W. Miecznik, Grawer Warsawa, S To Krzyska 20 on the screwback; measuring 41. 34