Germany, Wehrmacht. A Second War Period Double-Sided Coffin Cover Newly Listed He served as a Major-Sergeant

He served as a Major-Sergeant in the Red Army from May 1941 to November 1945

basic details and copy of his picture (Arthur Backert

and Medal for Odra

the upper with a large gilt bronze anchor bearing a gear (Engine Room)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Second War Period Double-Sided Coffin Cover Newly Listed He served as a Major-Sergeant(Wehrmacht Sargabdeckung). This is a very well preserved, Second War period Wehrmacht coffin cover, constructed of multi coloured, machine embroidered, padded cotton twill stitched in a diamond pattern. The cover is dual sided, with the obverse bearing a Wehrmacht style Kriegsflagge (War Ensign), composed of a black and white Nordic Cross with a leftward centered mobile swastika, with a black Iron Cross at the top left corner. The reverse bears a 1933