Germany, Heer. A Collection Of Documents To Anti-Tank Oberfeldwebel Festerling (Dow) Hold but were driven back at

but were driven back at the point of the bayonet

a very scarce decoration

but later that same year switched to the Freiwillige Arbeitsdienst (voluntary labour service)

1888 in Nettlebed

maker marked "M1/15" (Ferdinand Hoffstätter

Germany, Heer. A Collection Of Documents To Anti-Tank Oberfeldwebel Festerling (Dow) Hold but were driven back atThe collection includes: A Wound Badge in Gold certificate to Oberfeldwebel (master sergeant) Wilhelm Festerling of 1st Company of Panzer Jger (anti tank) Detachment 13 for being wounded a fifth time on 24 August 1943 (falsely dated to 24 August 1944). Dated to 16 February 1944 and signed by a Hauptmann (captain) and company leader, the name is illegible. Measuring 141 mm (w) x 199 mm (h), presenting a folding crease and light scuffing of the edges,