Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1943 Leningrad Wolchow Stock Auction Archive A Falange supporter’s badge

A Falange supporter’s badge

Wrapped in tissue paper

A Bronze Grade Tank Assault Badge by Karl Wurster - In zinc

under the command of the United States Fifth Army

Mertsch won the German Cross in Gold in September 1943 and would go on to be the artillery commander of  XIII SS-Armeekorps and finished the war commanding a Kampfgruppe in Czechoslovakia

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1943 Leningrad Wolchow Stock Auction Archive A Falange supporter’s badge(Wolchow Stock). A well preserved and classic Wolchow Stock (souvenir walking stick), constructed of multiple pieces of hand carved and dark lacquered wood. It features a rounded and tapering handle which transitions into a square shaped shaft. The top of the shaft is inset with a carved Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, while the lower circumference features a variety of geometric designs, interspersed with an Iron Cross, talon, and