A Reichsnährstand Wartime Harvest Appreciation Female Farmers Badge
Zinc with a copper-coloured gilt, unmarked, illustrating an insignia in the centre with a swastika below and flanked by wheat sheaves, inscribed "Kriegserntedank an die Bäuerin" above and "Landesbauernschaft Alpenland" below, 50.5 mm, horizontal pinback, traces of the gilt remains on the reverse, near very fine.
Footnote: The Reichsnährstand (RNST) was a government body set up in Nazi Germany to regulate food production.

