Germany, Wehrmacht. A Commemorative Badge for German Dog Care, Small Version GTRexclude Afghanistan N

Afghanistan N

It was a subordinate unit of the Tenth Air Force in India

the bottom marked with a date of “1908”

“KIESTINKI”

Footnote: Louis Brandt Moore

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Commemorative Badge for German Dog Care, Small Version GTRexclude Afghanistan N(Wehrmacht nichttragbare Verdienstmedaille fr Verdienste um das Deutsche Hundewesen). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a central raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of VERLIEHEN VOM OBERKOMMANDO DES HEERES (AWARD BY THE SUPREME COMMAND OF THE ARMY), the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS DEUTSCHE HUNDEWESEN (FOR SERVICES TO GERMAN DOGS),