Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive Footnote: Jan Stašek was born

Footnote: Jan Stašek was born in 1907 in the town of Kunovice

Also known as the "EOD Badge" or "Crab"

Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with lengths of white wool piping

Gute Freunde - good friends

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive Footnote: Jan Stašek was born(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid,