Germany, Heer. A Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 54 Anti-Partisan Campaign Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac overall gilt wear

overall gilt wear

each of the insignias linked together via fine links

the right pad coded "V-299 73"

suspended by a period royal crown in silver

Hofmann was promoted to Generalstabsarzt on October 1

Germany, Heer. A Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 54 Anti-Partisan Campaign Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac overall gilt wear(Gebirgs Pionier Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, topped by an integral loop for suspension, the obverse bearing two raised edelweiss topped by a pennant, circumscribed by inscriptions of GEB. PI. BTL. 54 and UNBANDIG BEINAND!, the reverse bearing a central raised map of the Balkan peninsula, Turkey, and souther Ukraine, with arrows charting the movement of Gebirgs Pionier Bataillon 54 from the Eastern Front (Kuban