This is a German soldiers or officers cap badge cockade and roundel. The badge is complete but to sererate parts but snapped in half but does still have its back pins. The roundel has some original paint remains on the badge and has its back pins attached.They have been very nicely cleaned and retains some of its original colour but are partly discoloured from being buried. The badges are solid and in nice condition for display or any collection, making them a rare and unusual battlefield find. The badges were recovered from an old German bunker in Finland on the Northern side of the battlefield around Leningrad during its liberation of 1944.The badges come with 2xA5 laminated information cards with map
In early 1944 the SS Nordland division, along with the rest of the III SS Panzer Corps arrived at the front near Leningrad and was put into action against the Soviet Red Army attacks aimed at breaking the German encirclement of the city. The Red Army forced Nordland to withdraw to Oranienbaum. On 14 January 1944, the Soviets succeeded in collapsing the German front. The Wehrmacht 16th Army was deployed with Army group North during operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was subsequently involved in the Siege of Leningrad. The Soviets relieved Leningrad in January 1944.
This is a German soldiers or officers cap badge cockade and roundel. The badge is complete but to sererate parts but snapped in half but does still have its back pins. The roundel has some original paint remains on the badge and has its back pins attached.They have been very nicely cleaned and retains some of its original colour but are partly discoloured from being buried. The badges are solid and in nice condition for display or any collection, making them a rare and unusual battlefield find. The badges were recovered from an old German bunker in Finland on the Northern side of the battlefield around Leningrad during its liberation of 1944.The badges come with 2xA5 laminated information cards with map
In early 1944 the SS Nordland division, along with the rest of the III SS Panzer Corps arrived at the front near Leningrad and was put into action against the Soviet Red Army attacks aimed at breaking the German encirclement of the city. The Red Army forced Nordland to withdraw to Oranienbaum. On 14 January 1944, the Soviets succeeded in collapsing the German front. The Wehrmacht 16th Army was deployed with Army group North during operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was subsequently involved in the Siege of Leningrad. The Soviets relieved Leningrad in January 1944.
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