Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 visually-hidden leather tab with a suede-like

leather tab with a suede-like finished light brown upper and raw underside stitched in place to the underside of the belt on the left end

Soon after arriving in the South African theatre

Crossed Rifles and Flag Patriotic Badge: two-piece construction

the Belgian Independent Parachute Company was officially integrated into the British Special Air Service Brigade and renamed the Belgian Special Air Service Squadron

marked GH 900 on reverse of sword (for the maker Gebrüder Hemmerle

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 visually-hidden leather tab with a suede-like(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of a silvered and gilded bronze alloy with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, with red enameled rings