United States. Thirty Three Military Badges GTRexclude A handwritten note reads “Gefreiter

A handwritten note reads “Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Rathjen”

the obverse with a German eagle with spread-out wings clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons

silver frame stepped version

maker marked “FLL” for “Friedrich Linden

United States. Thirty Three Military Badges GTRexclude A handwritten note reads “GefreiterIncludes: Coast Artillery, Military Police, Quartermaster, among others. Thirty three are fabricated from bronze, in various colors of enamels, with various maker marks, in various sizes, twenty one with a single screwback, eleven with vertical pinbacks, two with an angled pinback, ranging from fair to extremely fine.\ This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations