Germany, Third Reich. A German Female Railway Staff Service Badge, Bronze Grade Newly Listed and Military Order of Calatrava

and Military Order of Calatrava (silver gilt with red enamels

It is decorated with oak leaf bands and rings for attachment to a hanger

suspended by a large Belgium royal crown in silver gilt

From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R

obverse illustrating the right-facing bust of Marianne

Germany, Third Reich. A German Female Railway Staff Service Badge, Bronze Grade Newly Listed and Military Order of Calatrava(Dienstnadel fr deutsche Eisenbahnerinnen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Reichsbahn insignia in the form of a winged wheel, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 30. 22 mm (w) x 21. 90 mm (h), weighing 5. 3 grams, accompanied by its original