Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges for Military and Paramilitary Personnel Archive Thousands of Greek volunteers arrived

Thousands of Greek volunteers arrived on the island from the mainland

until finally converted to a cargo ship in 1939

Footnote: Michael Stanislaus De Vries was born in Holland on April 14

Im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus (In Battle against Bolshevism)

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges for Military and Paramilitary Personnel Archive Thousands of Greek volunteers arrived(Abzeichen). A mixed lot of badges, including: 1. A Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of blackened brass, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely fine