Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1923 Membership Badge, Large Version, By Stahlhof Magdeburg Newly Listed blue paper backer

blue paper backer

without any pin back device

glue residue evident on the paper backer from previous board mounting

and Cyrillic initials “ИЛ” (Metalsmith Itska Lozinsky)

Silver Grade 1944 (silvered metal with red and white enamels

Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1923 Membership Badge, Large Version, By Stahlhof Magdeburg Newly Listed blue paper backer(Der Stahlhelm Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a black enameled disc bearing a raised and silvered Stahlhelm, in turn bearing an engraved inscription of DER STAHLHELM flanked by an Iron Cross, above silvered oak leaves and a date of 1923, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, engraved with an identification number of V. TH. 213 and a date