Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget Auction lug fasteners

lug fasteners

It is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column

the document reads “Besitz-Zeugnis Dem Unterfeldwebel Wilhelm Albers der (

Footnote: The 40th Lwow Rifle Regiment was known as the Children of Lwow

In March of 1944

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget Auction lug fasteners(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