18th SS Panzer Division Horst Wessel Enamel Pin
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The 18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Horst Wessel (SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel) tactical insignia enamal pin with twisted stickpin back.
The 18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Horst Wessel (18. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel) was formed in 1944 around a cadre from the 1st SS Infantry Brigade and included mainly ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) from Hungary. The 1st battalion of about 1000 men was attached to SS Division Horst Wessel and sent to Galicia. It was used for rear-security duties until it was sent to the Eastern front, with the exception of one regiment that fought the Slovak National Uprising in August 1944. It later fought as a single unit in Hungary and in Czechoslovakia where it was destroyed.
The 18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Horst Wessel (18. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel) was formed in 1944 around a cadre from the 1st SS Infantry Brigade and included mainly ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) from Hungary. The 1st battalion of about 1000 men was attached to SS Division Horst Wessel and sent to Galicia. It was used for rear-security duties until it was sent to the Eastern front, with the exception of one regiment that fought the Slovak National Uprising in August 1944. It later fought as a single unit in Hungary and in Czechoslovakia where it was destroyed.
Our authentic pins and badges feature high quality enameling and correctly style pin backs, and many have correct maker marks or Ges. Gesch. on the reverse.
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