"Josef Stalin" 122 (r) (50 Ton - Soviet Russian)
as mentioned in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 31938 of Tuesday
A well crafted convex buckle in silvered bronze with bronze drapes insignia with overlaying silver two-headed eagle insignia
Fabricated from a royal blue cotton and designed with a wide fold down flap
Schmidt received an Italian/German African Campaign Medal on 19 May 1942 and an Italian War Merit Cross on 12 February 1942 (award documents not included here)
Germany, Ss. A Rare Germanic Proficiency Runes Badge, Bronze Grade Newly Listed "Josef Stalin" 122 (r) (50(Germanische Leistungsrune in Bronze). Constructed of lacquered and bronzed zink with enamels, the obverse consisting of a sunwheel style mobile swastika with ribbed arms, bearing central dual black enameled Sig runes, the reverse with four visible clips securing the obverse runes in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 38 mm (w) x 45. 36 mm (h), weighing 20. 8 grams, moderate