WW2 Japanese Type 89 Knee Morter Round / Inert WW1 Prussian Kriegerverband Veterans Badge

WW1 Prussian Kriegerverband Veterans Badge

This was Germany's first official service medal for soldiers of Imperial Germany who had taken part in the war

Authentic / Working Order / WW2 German / Winter Help Work / Maker marked on back

The overall condition is good

Cover- Postage stamped 1941 “Early” war / Field post stamped with eagle

WW2 Japanese Type 89 Knee Morter Round / Inert WW1 Prussian Kriegerverband Veterans BadgeThe Type 89 grenade discharger (, Hachiky shiki j tekidant), inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It got the nickname the "knee mortar" because of an erroneous Allied belief that these launchers could be fired by propping its plate against the leg. However, anyone trying to fire it this way would receive a