Germany, Wehrmacht. An Armed Forces Pentathlon 3rd Place Victor’s Plaque Buy Now (Infanterie-Regiment 72 Erkennungsmarke)

(Infanterie-Regiment 72 Erkennungsmarke)

An extremely well-preserved Heer service tunic belonging to Generalleutnant Friedrich Dihm

later Gefreiter

are adorned with silver aluminum wire piping

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted on August 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Armed Forces Pentathlon 3rd Place Victor’s Plaque Buy Now (Infanterie-Regiment 72 Erkennungsmarke)(Wehrmacht Fnfkampf Preis Plakette). Construced of a black lacquered wooden base, the obverse bearing a raised and silvered non magnetic metal Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, situated above a silvered metal plaque bearing an engraved inscription of 3. PR. FNFKAMPF (3RD PRIZE PENTATHLON), the reverse with a single visible depressed rivet securing the obverse applique in place, topped by a magnetic metal suspension ring, unmarked,