Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive 222nd and 226th Battalions

222nd and 226th Battalions

5 mm inclusive of its silver and red enamelled crescent moon and star suspension

and numbered “151834” on the reverse

The name "Handschar" is a local word for the curved scimitar sword worn on the 13th Division collar patch

1943 Schmuker used his armoured reconnaissance vehicle (Panzerspähwagen) to defend against an enemy incursion and held the flank on his own after all other armoured vehicles had been disabled

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive 222nd and 226th Battalions(Flottenkriegsabzeichen) Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,