Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Letter Holder Newly Listed Shoulder Badge (plated cupro-nickel with

Shoulder Badge (plated cupro-nickel with white enamels

and by August of 1943 he was with the 35th Motorized Panzergrenadiers

which I bailed out with

bronze gilt and red enamelled star indicating a second wound affixed to its original combatant's ribbon

Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Letter Holder Newly Listed Shoulder Badge (plated cupro-nickel withA rare and ornate Imperial Russian trench art letter opener, constructed of multiple pieces of brass securely held together at the seams by solder, featuring scalloped edges decorated along the edges with stamped designs, featuring three cascading tiers of increasing depths, with the back bearing a raised and extremely detailed Imperial Russian Coat of arms, flanked on each side by floral and leafed branches, the reverse riveted with two integral