BIDPRENT JOSEF BACHL (SAND) GREN.-REGT. 1944 hauptmunzamt Wien Early war variant with wood-colored

Early war variant with wood-colored case made in 1940

in good used condition

Both belts are marked with the same maker with the year 1936

so presumably used at Fliegerhorst Venlo

BIDPRENT JOSEF BACHL (SAND) GREN.-REGT. 1944 hauptmunzamt Wien Early war variant with wood-coloredDeath card Josef Bachl, from Sand (Bavaria). In civilian life, he worked as a farmer's son. He served as Corporal in a Grenadier Regiment and died on 21 May 1944 after a severe wound in a field hospital in the region of Vitebsk (Belarus) at the age of almost 32. Josef took part in all campaigns of his unit and was a decorated soldier, holder of the Iron Cross 2nd Class (EK 2), the Assault Badge, and the Wound Badge in Silver. According to the official