Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Sudetenland Honour Badge
(Sudetenland Gau-Ehrenzeichen). An extremely rare and well-preserved example of a Gau Sudetenland Honour Badge, of multi-piece construction, consisting of a nickel-silver oak leaf wreath bearing a gilded tombak NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a swastika, wreathed joined together at the bottom by a raised date of “1938” and multi-coloured enamels stripes in the style of the Sudetenland flag, reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets holding eagle in place, unmarked, measuring 44.39 mm (w) x 54.89 mm (h), weighing 37.7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.

