Germany, Nsdap. A Gau-Level Oberabschnittsleiter Collar Tab Newly Listed The 79th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba

The 79th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" was raised in Manitoba and mobilized at Brandon

Friedrich “Fritz”Geißhardt (January 22

trained and equipped as hussars

for Mediterranean service

The certificate is signed in black ink by Major General and Division Commander Hans Zorn (1891–1943)

Germany, Nsdap. A Gau-Level Oberabschnittsleiter Collar Tab Newly Listed The 79th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba(NSDAP Kragenspiegel fr Oberabschnittsleiter). Constructed of red wool with a buckram core, trimmed with Burgundy red piping, and pinned with a gilded bronze NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, above an oak leaf and oak leaf branch of identical construction, the reverse retaining a mostly intact Reichszeumeisterei (RZM) label with a secondary code of 251923, measuring 50 mm (w) x 65 mm (l), with slight loss of finish