Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Schlageter Memorial Association 10-Year Honour Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of and supplied by a full

and supplied by a full length period original ribbon

He wears the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves

Rescue effected with much difficulty and risk

maker "20" and “L/52” (marked under pin)

two without ribbons

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Schlageter Memorial Association 10-Year Honour Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of and supplied by a full(10 Jahres Ehrenzeichen des Schlageter Gedchtnis Bund). Constructed of silvered tombak with enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a ring bearing an inscription of ALBERT LEO SCHLAGETER and dates 1923 26. MAI 1933, overlaid by a Maltese Cross with ribbed arms, bearing a central swastika circumscribed by an inscription of SCHLAGETER GEDCHTNIS BUND E. V., the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a