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Germany, Third Reich. A Leo Schlageter Memorial Society Badge by Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

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Germany, Third Reich. A Leo Schlageter Memorial Society Badge by Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

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Germany, Third Reich. A Leo Schlageter Memorial Society Badge by Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

(Schlageter Gednächtnis-Bund Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with black enamels, obverse depicts a cross pattée with central swastika circumscribed by Schlageter Gedächtnis-Bund e.V. (Schlageter Memorial Federation), within oval inscribed Albert Leo Schlageter, 26. Mai 1923-1933 inside of oak leaf wreath, reverse inscribed Schlageter Gedächtnis-Bund e.V. Sitz Hannover with maker’s mark R. Wächtler & Lange, Mittweida, barrel hinge with vertical pinback and round wire catch, measuring 40.02 mm (w) x 51.77 mm (h), weighing 48.7 grams, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: Item belonged to NSDAP Party Member Karl Waidhas. Karl Waidhas was born on 9 September 1895 in Weiden, Bavaria. He served in the 13th Infantry Regiment of the German Army during the First World War and, in the interwar period, was awarded decorations by Bulgaria and Hungary for his services. Waidhas joined the NSDAP on 8 August 1925, becoming member number 13875. He was later a recipient of the Golden Party Badge, which was bestowed on 14 April 1934, as well as the NSDAP 25-Year Long Service Cross, which he received on 31 May 1940. During the Second World War, Waidhas was an official with Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railways). According to his NSDAP membership booklet, he remained a member in good standing until March 1945.