Original German WWII 1939 Gau Warthe Commemorative Badge for Organizing Occupied Poland Bayonets which gave an Infantryman the

which gave an Infantryman the ability to bring a Cavalryman down from his horse due to the bayonets long reach

the Chief of Naval Operations

He committed suicide with a potassium cyanide capsule the night before he was to be hanged

The Technical Service

Original German WWII 1939 Gau Warthe Commemorative Badge for Organizing Occupied Poland Bayonets which gave an Infantryman theOriginal Items: Only One Available. This award is quite rare, and we have only seen a few examples. After the Invasion of Poland in 1939, a new Administrative Division of NSDAP Germany was created from the captured area, Reichsgau Posen. The name was then changed to Reichsgau Wartheland, after the Warthe river that ran through the area. This was usually shortened to Gau Warthe. Not much is known about the award, but it seems to have been given to