there is a steel-framed cradle supporting a blackened canvas liner with underlying burlap support and leather backer
There are clips stitched in place on either side that would have held the elasticized strap designed to secure the oxygen mask in place
suffering gun shot wounds to his groin (referred to as "pubes" in some accounts)
A Second War 1941/42 East Medal by Friedrich Keck - Silvered and blackened zinc
Iron Cross First Class 1939
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot Of Badges And Insignia GTRexclude there is a steel-framed cradle(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of three badges and insignia, including a War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate, the latter maker marked with LDO code L58 for Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 47. 77 mm (w) x 47. 77