A Mint And Unissued DRL Sports Proficiency Badge In Cloth, Silver Grade Hold (Military) Knight Commander -

(Military) Knight Commander -

the first of four submarines he would see service with while with H

After just four days of bitter fighting the under-equipped and poorly prepared Australian and Dutch forces on the island surrendered

he was promoted one grade

Johann Mickl commanded the division for just over another year until he was severely wounded in the head during the difficult fighting in the Vratnik Pass near Senj on the 9th of April 1945

A Mint And Unissued DRL Sports Proficiency Badge In Cloth, Silver Grade Hold (Military) Knight Commander -A mint and unissued German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise Deutscher Reichsbund fr Leibesbungen sports proficiency badge in cloth; silver grade; in silvery BeVo style machine embroidery on black rayon backer; dated 1944; measuring 81 mm x 88 mm; mint and unworn condition.