Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Archive with the four provincial coat-of-arms

with the four provincial coat-of-arms

the obverse centre bears the image of a horn

minor soiling of material

with a blue paper backing and black rayon backer on the reverse

An extremely well-preserved edition of “Canadian Gunsmiths from 1608: A Checklist of Tradesmen”

Germany, Federal Republic. An Anti-Partisan Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Archive with the four provincial coat-of-arms(Bandenkampfabzeichen). Instituted January 30th, 1944. (Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1960). Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath joined together at the base by a raised skull and crossbones, overlaid by a vertical sword bearing a sunwheel style swastika at the ricasso, in turn plunging into a nest of vipers, the reverse plain, with a sheet metal hinge, vertical round wire catch, and sheet metal hinge, unmarked