Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget Auction Archive Erprobungsstaffel I

Erprobungsstaffel I

then left in 1941

but typical badge by maker Josef Feix Shne (JFS)

At the end of the year it was decided that he should return to Canada as a Flying Instructor

serving with them for three years

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget Auction Archive Erprobungsstaffel I(Zugwachabteilung 508 Ringkragen). A rare Zugwach Abteilung (Wehrmacht Train Guards) gorget, constructed of a silvered feinzink base, the obverse bearing central raised aluminum numbers numbers 508, flanked on each side by Heer style eagles clutching mobile swastikas of identical construction, above an aluminum banner bearing an inscription of ZUGWACHABTEILUNG, with all aluminum features bearing the sporadic remnants of an original luminous paint