Germany, Third Reich. A German Labour Front (Daf) Women’s Badge, By Otto Fechler Archive reverse inscribed "Jacques Moll Photographer

reverse inscribed "Jacques Moll Photographer 35 High Street CHATHAM"

Many of the men of the division were young German conscripts

but the hazards of crossing a heavily crevassed glacier were greatly increased by darkness

Award document (16th June 1943) for Iron Cross 1st Class (signed by Hugo Sperrle

Mounted to a traditional Spanish-style horizontal hanger with swing bar pinback

Germany, Third Reich. A German Labour Front (Daf) Women’s Badge, By Otto Fechler Archive reverse inscribed "Jacques Moll Photographer(Abzeichen fr DAF Frauenwalterinnen). Constructed of silvered bronze; horizontal backpin; marked RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) with maker M1 104 (Otto Fechler, Bernsbach) on reverse; measuring 33 mm (h) x 30 mm (w); in overall near extremely fine condition.