Germany, Heer. A 1943 Ration Bag Province of China A Non-Combatant’s award

A Non-Combatant’s award

Schwäb-Gmünd” on reverse

red and black threading giving definition to five icons

consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath

Germany, Heer. A 1943 Ration Bag Province of China A Non-Combatant’s award(Heeres Verpflegungssack). Constructed of beige burlap (or Hessian cloth), the exterior bearing a stamped black inscription of H. VERPFL. 1943 for Heeres Verpflegung 1943 (Army Rations 1943) on one side and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on the opposite side, with three of the edges securely reinforced with heavy stitching to ensure safe transport of grain, potatoes, or other edibles, unmarked, measuring 68 cm (w) x 112 cm (h),