Netherlands, NSB. A Mussert Cross United Republic of 108th Machine Gun Battalion)

108th Machine Gun Battalion)

This is a very well-preserved Portuguese National Republican Guard (GNR) pickelhaube-style helmet

from May 1982 to May 1983

A Third Reich German War Merit Cross II

A fine example of a first war German Field Honour Badge

Netherlands, NSB. A Mussert Cross United Republic of 108th Machine Gun Battalion)Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece and with double sided red enameled arms trimmed with black, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt mobile swastika, in turn defaced by a Wolfsangel, situated above oak leaf branches, the reverse bearing a