A Bavarian Military Merit Order
both prongs and cone intact)
there was a high court and lower courts
the obverse bears the nsignia of the Imperial Navy
the legs distinctly portray three talons which are gripping a thin Gold strand stemming vertically from the wings and curving towards the tail on each side where a green enamelled laurel branch sits
Germany, Third Reich. A Stalag-344 Allied Pow Identification Tag Newly Listed A Bavarian Military Merit Order(Kriegsgefangener Erkennungsmarke). Constructed of zink, with three suspension loops, the obverse bearing a double stamped inscription of STALAG 344 and an identification number of 31018, otherwise unmarked, measuring 60 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), with age appropriate wear evident, in overall better than very fine condition. Footnote: Formerly Stalag VIII B and renamed Stalag 344 in 1943, this facility had a lengthy history of hosting prisoners of war.