✚0930✚ German post WW2 Bundeswehr Qualification Badge Navy Overwater Weapons personnel were issued distinctive career

personnel were issued distinctive career insignia to be worn on the upper left sleeve of the uniforms

The Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross in Gold (without swords) was awarded 'on paper' to two recipients on 20 April 1945: Franz Hahne and Karl-Otto Saur

this policy was to be revised

According to German cavalry historian Klaus Richter

War Merit Cross First Class

✚0930✚ German post WW2 Bundeswehr Qualification Badge Navy Overwater Weapons personnel were issued distinctive careerOriginal German Bundeswehr Qualification Badge BRONZE, the badge is cca 75 mm wide, PERFECT CONDITION!! HISTORY OF THE AWARD: The Bundeswehr (German for "Federal Defence Force") comprises the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities. The States of Germany are not allowed to maintain armed forces of their own, since the Basic Law of Germany states that matters of defense fall into the sole