Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Commemorative Badges
(Erinnerungsabzeichen). A mixed lot of 15 commemorative badges, including a 1933 Trier badge, constructed of bronze, vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a 1933 Luther Day badge, constructed of silvered bronze, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked “BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN”, measuring 34 mm in diameter, with loss of finish evident, in very fine condition; a 1935 Day of German Sailing badge, constructed of aluminum, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked “REDO, SAARLOUIS”, measuring 41 mm (w) x 47 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a 1935 Saarbrücken Gaufest propaganda badge, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked “JOHANN SCHIMPF, PFORZHEIM”, measuring 32 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a 1936 Labour Day badge, constructed of aluminum, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked “MAX PLÜMACHER, SOLINGEN-WEYER”, measuring 36 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a 1937 Nuremberg Rally badge, constructed of zink, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked “WÄCHTLER & LANGE, MITTWEIDA”, measuring 42 mm in diameter, with oxidation evident throughout, in poor condition; a 1937 German Youth Festival badge, constructed of magnetic metal, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), in better than very fine condition; a 1940/41 patriotic badge, constructed of silvered zink, horizontal pinback, the reverse bearing illegible marks, measuring 25 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), with oxidation and loss of finish evident, in fair condition; a Heer Infantry Standard stick pin, constructed of magnetic metal, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), with loss of paint evident, in very fine condition; a Reich Air Protection League (RLB) badge, constructed of magnetic metal, unmarked, measuring 25 mm (w) x 36 mm (h), missing its pinback, in very fine condition; a Kobern Comrades’ Association badge, constructed of silvered bronze, vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 28 mm (w) x 34 mm (h), in fair condition; a German Labour Front (DAF) Saarpfalz vineyard badge, constructed of bronze, vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 26 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a German flight badge, constructed of magnetic metal, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 28 mm (h), in poor condition; a Saarlautern patriotic badge, constructed of gilded magnetic metal, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition, and; a Brauchbach Turnerbund badge, constructed of silvered bronze with embroidery, vertical pinback, the reverse maker marked “GUSTAV DESCHLER, MÜNCHEN”, measuring 48 mm in overall diameter, in better than very fine condition.

