Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Baden Honour Badge, Silver Grade Large Version, By Fr. Klett Hold Accompanied the belt is white

Accompanied the belt is white buffed leather ammunition pouch (ball bag)

the pair of holes beside the area where the tab has been stitched to the body of the belt having been added by the owner

likely between 1925-1940

53 mm x 64

Sarischlea

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Baden Honour Badge, Silver Grade Large Version, By Fr. Klett Hold Accompanied the belt is white(Gau Ehrenzeichen Baden in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing a depressed and blackened inscription of GAU BADEN, surrounding an NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounde catch, maker marked FR. KLETT, KARLSRUHE, measuring 35. 06 mm (w) x 45. 78 mm