Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Association Of Ethnic Germans In Croatia Membership Badge Auction Connaught researchers made two key

Connaught researchers made two key contributions that allowed the polio virus to be safely cultivated in enough quantities to enable the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP) unprecedented trial of Salk's inactivated vaccine (IPV)

who later became Admiral von Nordeck

each presenting two round discs with five filigree points creating a flower

light to moderate green oxidation on the obverse and reverse from age

two-piece white metal plumes on a bronze gilt base

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Association Of Ethnic Germans In Croatia Membership Badge Auction Connaught researchers made two key(Deutsche Volksgruppe in Kroatien Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a central black swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of DEUTSCHE VOLKSGRUPPE IN KROATIEN (GERMAN PEOPLES GROUP IN CROATIA), the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 13 mm (w) x 22 mm (h), a scarce badge in extremely fine condition.