with 3 steel prongs intact
He served as part of the 11th Ulans Regiment on the Eastern Front where cavalry was still useful
and entered Wehrmacht service on 4 April 1934
Stallard was to be Captain (Temporary Major) with precedence from August 22
Comprising: collection of seven awards/insignia
Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of Badges Auction with 3 steel prongs intact(Abzeichen). A pair of badges, including a Black Grade Service Badge, constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 37 mm (w) x 44. 45 mm (h), weighing 9. 2 grams, in extremely fine