He was decorated numerous times throughout the war
also maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie Lüdenscheid) insignia on the third row on the reverse
which condemned captured prisoners and ensured a high level of brutality by German soldiers against Soviet civilians
Includes: 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge (in browning copper
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity He was decorated numerous times(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid,