Germany, Nsdap. A Golden Party Badge, Large Version, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Paul Thonard

Paul Thonard

An example of an “Ehrenzeichen für Deutsche Volkspflege”

voided tilted square in the centre

authority was granted for the RCGA at Halifax and Esquimalt

Keitel's last words were: "I call on God Almighty to have mercy on the German people

Germany, Nsdap. A Golden Party Badge, Large Version, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Paul Thonard(Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP). Constructed of gilded tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, with a central white enameled disc bearing a black mobile swastika, within a ring of red enamels bearing a silvered inscription of NATIONAL SOZIALISTISCHES D. A. P. (NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS PARTY), the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, engraved