Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type III with Spartakus Clasp, by Paul Küst Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic after just three months of

after just three months of service

marked by maker CASA AMILIBIA DEUSTO

topped by the firm’s classic stick figure logo

the reverse inscribed “Verdienst um das Vaterland” (German - Merit for the Fatherland) within a laurel wreath

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Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type III with Spartakus Clasp, by Paul Küst Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic after just three months of(Schlageter Schild, 3. Form). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled field overlaid by a banner bearing an inscription of SCHLAGETER, above crossed swords and with a Latin Cross emerging from the top, flanked by SPARTAKUS 1919 23 campaign clasps, the reverse with four visible clips securing the clasps in position, with a vertical