Slovakia, Republic. A Home Guard Cuff Title, C.1944 Hold The underside of the sweatband

The underside of the sweatband reveals an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “4” and a secondary code of “402197”

The Oak Leaves were awarded to Witt in recognition of his leadership role in the Third Battle of Kharkov (February 19 - March 15

5% gold purity on the bottom of the six o’clock arm

He also stated that he had previously been discharged as "Medically Unfit" due to a shrapnel wound to his right elbow

Combatant's Version (bronze

Slovakia, Republic. A Home Guard Cuff Title, C.1944 Hold The underside of the sweatbandFabricated from a royal blue rayon, with "DOMOBRANA" (Militia) in the centre and flanked by full length rules top and bottom, the text and rules in fine silver coloured bullion wire, measuring 365 mm (w) x 25 mm (h), extremely fine. Footnote: The Home Guard was a Slovene anti Partisan military organization that was active during the 1943 1945 German occupation of the formerly Italian occupied Province of Ljubljana. It consisted of former Village