maker marked "WINKLER VERLAG DARMSTADT" on the reverse
the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms
Although Turkic peoples had been perceived initially as “racially inferior”
Kleintierzuchtverein
A 1937 badge for the day of the NSDAP for the district of Chemnitz
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle GTRexclude maker marked "WINKLER VERLAG DARMSTADT"(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schikle, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 26 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 7 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, in near extremely fine condition.