Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 5Th Don Cossacks Regiment Cross Auction Archive and 75th Infantry Battalion Cap

and 75th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge (in browning copper

Footnote: Private Judson Gibson served with the 34th Battalion Greenwood Infantry Company during the Fenian Raids

constructed of silver aluminum wire and consisting of a stylized acorn suspended from a cord

likely given to the Commander by the Officers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 5Th Don Cossacks Regiment Cross Auction Archive and 75th Infantry Battalion Cap(Wehrmacht Kreuz des 5. Don Kosaken Reiter Regiments). Constructed of aluminum, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse trimmed with a depressed and blackened border, bearing a central raised mobile swastika, the three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised Cyrillic inscription of (KONONOV, for Ivan Nikitich Kononov), the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised number 5, the six oclock arm bearing a raised date of 28. X. 1941, with crossed swords piercing