Germany, Heer. A 7. Gebirgs Division POW Trench Art Commemorative Campaign Plaque Province of China The 44th Battalion (Manitoba)

The 44th Battalion (Manitoba)

the base etched with a final inscription of “VÝCHODNÝ FŔONT” (“EASTERN FRONT”)

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divided into three sections: the first section having a cord braided into multiple rows of loops

Germany, Heer. A 7. Gebirgs Division POW Trench Art Commemorative Campaign Plaque Province of China The 44th Battalion (Manitoba)(7. Gebirgs Division Grabenkunst Plakette). Constructed of hand carved wood, the obverse bearing a central raised and hand carved Gebirgsjger boot (also the unit emblem of the 7. Gebirgs Division 7th Mountain Division), circumscribed by campaign dedications chronicling the unit's operational history, from its deployment to the Eastern Front in 1941 following its redesignation from the 99. Leichte Infanterie Division (99th Light Infantry Division),