(Gau Osthannover Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of coppered and blackened bronze, horizontal pinback, obverse presents with a central raised swastika surrounded by the inscriptions “GAUTAG OSTHANNOVER” (“Gau Day East Hannover”) and “IM JARHE DER NATIONALSOZIAL. EHRBUNG” (“In the Year of the National Socialist Rising”) while the top displays a Hanoverian Horse and the date “1933”, unmarked, measuring 53.5 mm (h) x 42 mm (w), in extremely fine condition.
Footnote: As per Detlev Niemannm, Price Guide Germany: 1871-1945, 2008, hollow versions of this badge were distributed to distinguished NSDAP members as participant badges.

