partial white mesh reinforced backer
Petersburg city mark on the reverse of the integral ring
A 1935 HJ (Hitlerjugend/Hitler Youth) & DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Front) Reichs-Berufs-Wettkampf der Deutschen Jugend badge
would later note in an interview in 2016 that his father
surrounded an open-ended wreath composed of laurel leaves at the left and oak leaves at the right
Germany, Wehrmaht. A Lot Of Badges Auction partial white mesh reinforced backer(Wehrmacht Abzeichen). A lot of three badges, including a War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 29 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 19. 3 grams, with some loss of finish