Germany, Nsdap. A 1936 Dortmund Westfalen-Süd Gautag Plaque Auction Archive Federal Merit Cross - 2nd

Federal Merit Cross - 2nd Class - 50 Years' Service

Signature on Post War Photo: Johannes-Rudolf Muhlenkamp

First badge is gold-filled with blue enamels

Burkett came to Shilo

The division later saw action in the Battle of Kursk

Germany, Nsdap. A 1936 Dortmund Westfalen-Süd Gautag Plaque Auction Archive Federal Merit Cross - 2nd(Gautag Westfalen Sd Ehrenplakette). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a Dortmund skyline overlaid by a Roland figure clutching a sword, above an inscription of GAUTAG WESTFALEN SD, DORTMUND 19. 21. 1936, in turn above a mobile swastika flanked by oak leaves, the reverse with an inscription of EHRENPLAKETTE DER GAULEITUNG WESTFALEN SD 1936, ZUM ANDENKEN (HONOUR PLAQUE OF GAU REGION SOUTH WESTPHALIA 1936, IN COMMEMORATION), with a