Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget United Republic of cut off leather belt

cut off leather belt

extensive wear evident on the corners of the hoist sleeve

with silver gilt swords in each quadrant

including one depicting a full-coloured illustration of Crown Prince Wilhelm

48 mm x 55 mm)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget United Republic of cut off leather belt(Zugwachabteilung 508 Ringkragen). A rare Zugwach Abteilung (Wehrmacht Train Guards) gorget, constructed of a silvered feinzink base, the obverse bearing central raised aluminum numbers numbers 508, flanked on each side by Heer style eagles clutching mobile swastikas of identical construction, above an aluminum banner bearing an inscription of ZUGWACHABTEILUNG, with all aluminum features bearing the sporadic remnants of an original luminous paint