Germany, Heer. A Stalingrad Shoulder Board Cross For The 134Th Grenadier Regiment Hold (Waterways and Lakes) Yellow embroidery

(Waterways and Lakes) Yellow embroidery on black wool

with the blue enamels lightly flaked on the obverse of the right arm

inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra” (Latin - Through Thick to the Light) in golden lettering

blackened bronze with a silvered centrepiece insignia

an airplane above and a ship below

Germany, Heer. A Stalingrad Shoulder Board Cross For The 134Th Grenadier Regiment Hold (Waterways and Lakes) Yellow embroidery(Grenadier Regiment 134 Schulterklappen Abzeichen). Constructed of zink, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms completing in a fleur de lis, with a central Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a banner with an inscription of STALINGRAD, the reverse with an attachment prong, measuring 20 mm (w) x 25 mm (h), missing its backplate, otherwise in extremely fine condition.