Germany, Weimar Republic. An Upper Silesia Self-Defence Force Sleeve Insignia Archive A 1937 German Lifesaving Award

A 1937 German Lifesaving Award in Silver

He was inspected as a conscript on May 26th 1941 at the command office in Friedberg

He is documented as having been posted to Paris

subsequently invalided to England one week later

maker marked “26” (B

Germany, Weimar Republic. An Upper Silesia Self-Defence Force Sleeve Insignia Archive A 1937 German Lifesaving Award(Abzeichen des Selbstschutzes Oberschlesien). Instituted May 1921 by Generalleutnant Karl Hoefer. (1921 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a shield with a pebbled border, bearing a central raised hydra pierced by a sword, perforated with four holes for sew on attachment, the reverse has been modified with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), in overall very fine condition.