Germany, Federal Republic. A 100Th Gebirgsjäger Regiment Crete Deployment Commemorative Badge, Post-War Version Hold with a wide blue field

with a wide blue field in the centre

after a strenuous fight for independence from British and French forces

with extensive surface wear exposing its metal base and traces of paint remaining at the areas butting the fittings

Werner Steinhäuser (4)

30th Anniversary of Liberation from Germany Medal 1945-1975 (bronze gilt

Germany, Federal Republic. A 100Th Gebirgsjäger Regiment Crete Deployment Commemorative Badge, Post-War Version Hold with a wide blue field(100. Gebirgsjger Regiment Kreta Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of bronze, with dual integral suspension loops, the obverse bearing a raised sailing ship above inscriptions of KRETA and 15. G. J. R. 100, the reverse with a central raised edelweiss, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 37 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.