Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Badges Archive reverse illustrating an anchor fronted

reverse illustrating an anchor fronted by a stylized fasces butting a pennant

a 1938 Aurich NSDAP Kreistag badge

The service record transcript is for Gehlken’s time in the 2nd Landesschützen Training Battalion I/10 until the time of his discharge

vigorously defended Captain Gibbons' "practically unimpeachable record"

He became a naturalized American and married 1879

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Badges Archive reverse illustrating an anchor fronted(Wehrmacht Dienstabzeichen). A pair of service badges, including a War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 48. 58 mm (w) x 48. 49