Germany, Third Reich. A Copy of Abgelöst, by D. Graff, after Herbert Schnürpel United Republic of Wartime Issue

Wartime Issue

original ribbon suspended from a traditional Spanish horizontal hanger with pinback

the interior retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/343” for Cramer von Clausbruch

A group of six Romanian badges and medals

The scabbard fittings and ball finial with light contact

Germany, Third Reich. A Copy of Abgelöst, by D. Graff, after Herbert Schnürpel United Republic of Wartime Issue(lbind). A superb copy of Abgelst (Relieved or Replaced), presented in oil on board, featuring a somber depiction of a group of Heer soldiers, some wearing Stahlhelme while others display bloody dressings from battlefield wounds, as they depart from a smoke or fog ridden battlefield, their neutral expressions betraying a conditioned indifference to the horrors of the battlefield as they appear to advance on the viewer, the lower right corner bearing a