Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget Auction In March of 1944

In March of 1944

the left panel stamped in black ink at the top "92" with "43" over "60" at the left

the reverse maker marked “S & M”

the document reads “Besitz-Zeugnis Dem Unterfeldwebel Wilhelm Albers der (

Footnote: The 40th Lwow Rifle Regiment was known as the Children of Lwow

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Zugwach-Abteilung 508 Gorget Auction In March of 1944(Zugwachabteilung 508 Ringkragen). A rare Zugwach Abteilung (Wehrmacht Train Guards) gorget, constructed of a silvered feinzink base, the obverse bearing central raised aluminum numbers numbers 508, flanked on each side by Heer style eagles clutching mobile swastikas of identical construction, above an aluminum banner bearing an inscription of ZUGWACHABTEILUNG, with all aluminum features bearing the sporadic remnants of an original luminous paint