Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Commemorative Badges
(Erinnerungsabzeichen). A mixed lot of 12 commemorative badges, including a 1935 Pfarrkirchen Turnfest (Gymnastics Festival) badge, constructed of silvered bronze, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 33 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a 1936 Labour Day badge, constructed of aluminum, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked “OCHS & BONN, HANAU”, measuring 35 mm in diameter, in very fine condition; a 1936 HJ Youth Festival badge, constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a 1937 National Socialist War Victims Care (NSKOV) Berlin meeting badge, constructed of aluminum, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked “DESCHLER, MÜNCHEN”, measuring 40 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition; a 1937 Neuwied Kreistag badge, constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a 1937 Frankfurt flak veterans badge, constructed of zink, vertical pinback, the reverse bearing an illegible maker’s mark, measuring 28 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), in poor condition; a 1938 German Confectioners’ Day badge, constructed of magnetic metal, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 30 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a 1939 Westmark Gautag badge, constructed of zink, vertical pinback, the reverse bearing a partially-legible Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo, measuring 31 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in poor condition; a German Labour Front (DAF) Saarpfalz vineyard badge, constructed of bronze, vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 25 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a National Socialist People’s Welfare (NSV) badge, constructed of bronze, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 25 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a Winterhilfswerk donor’s badge, constructed of bronze, vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 27 mm (w) x 37 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a second Winterhilfswerk donor’s badge, constructed of brown bakelite, the reverse bearing symbolic information, measuring 35 mm in diameter, missing its pinback, in very fine condition.

