Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal For Combat Service, Type I (Medal "For Battle Merit") GTRexclude as well as the Knight’s

as well as the Knight’s Cross ceremony of Leutnant Karl-Heinz Wilke

Minor material fatigue is evident to the dust jacket

The battalion was transfered to Poland

bearing a Hoffmann mark and stamp of the city of Leonding

Waffen-SS Tropical Eagle (embroidered eagle in a light golden colour

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal For Combat Service, Type I (Medal "For Battle Merit") GTRexclude as well as the Knight’s( ). Instituted in 1938. In silver, number impressed "114674" on the reverse,measuring 32. 2 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), the red enamelling on "CCCP" having been lost to time, contact marks, suspended from a ribboned rectangular hanger with screwback, fine. Footnote: Medal for Combat Service was a Soviet military medal awarded for "combat action resulting in a military success", "courageous defense of the state borders", or "successful military and political