Germany, Heer. A Rare Cholm Shield, with Award Document, to Gefreiter Karl Moser United Republic of presenting tarnished silver along the

presenting tarnished silver along the badge

Accompanied by photocopies from the National Archives of his Attestation Paper

a stamp from Deutsche Bank authorizing Gottschalk to travel with 10 Reichsmarks on 28 August 1939

A Japanese maker’s label sits on the inside left breast

the reverse maker marked “FLECK & SOHN

Germany, Heer. A Rare Cholm Shield, with Award Document, to Gefreiter Karl Moser United Republic of presenting tarnished silver along the(rmelschild Cholm mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of stamped magnetic steel, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a German national eagle perched on top of a Cross Patte defaced by a mobile swastika, in turn situated above an inscription of CHOLM 1942, the reverse retaining all three original attachment prongs, affixing the shield to a magnetic steel backplate with an intact paper liner and field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue,