obverse centre presenting a blue enameled golden kite (the messenger of the kami as described in the ancient Japanese chronicle Nihon Shoki
with bright red Waffenfarbe piping on all four edges
A 1940 Nationalsozialistischer reichsbund für Leibesübungen (NSRL) First Place District Eckenheim award
the author of “The Infantry Assault Badges” refers to a badge of this type as being by an “Unknown Maker” on page 54
It is the familiar Eickhorn double-etched
Germany, Heer. A Wehrpaß, Award Documents, And Photographs To Driver Staff Corporal Alfred Gubelius Archive obverse centre presenting a blue(Heer Wehrpa). The Wehrpa was issued to Alfred Gubelius on 6 November 1939 in Iserlohn. The Wehrpa, an example of the Second Type, has a thin green cardboard binding with a cover displaying a Wehrmacht eagle with spread wings and a mobile swastika, and Gothic letters spelling Wehrpa. The box in the upper right corner contains the letter G. written in black ink, and the bottom centre is stamped Heer in red ink. The Wehrpa contains 52 pages with