WORLD MILITARY MEDALS & BADGES - GERMANY - WORLD WAR II - MILITARY AWARD AND OTHER BADGES GROUP [5] 1930s-1940s. Group of original pieces comprising: zinc Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen badge (general assault award, from 1940) depicting an eagle on swastika above crossed bayonet and stick grenade; zinc Blockadebreder Abzeichen badge (blockade runner award, from 1941) depicting prow of a ship with eagle and swastika figurehead; bronze Reichssportabzeichen badge (Deutsche Reichsauszeichnung für Leibesübungen, sporting award, from 1933) with monogram in wreath (marked HENSLER-PFORZHEIM D R G M 35269 to reverse); both with pins; zinc War Merit Cross medal, 2nd Class with swords, with suspension loop and ring; Luftwaffe embroidered gold/silver wire on felt backing badge depicting flying eagle and swastika over wreath. 102 grams total. (2" - 2 1/4"). Fine to very fine condition. [5, No Reserve] Provenance Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired by gift 1989; formerly by exchange for cigarettes between Mr Curtica, a camp administrator, with German prisoners of war, 1945.
WORLD MILITARY MEDALS & BADGES - GERMANY - WORLD WAR II - MILITARY AWARD AND OTHER BADGES GROUP [5] 1930s-1940s. Group of original pieces comprising: zinc Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen badge (general assault award, from 1940) depicting an eagle on swastika above crossed bayonet and stick grenade; zinc Blockadebreder Abzeichen badge (blockade runner award, from 1941) depicting prow of a ship with eagle and swastika figurehead; bronze Reichssportabzeichen badge (Deutsche Reichsauszeichnung für Leibesübungen, sporting award, from 1933) with monogram in wreath (marked HENSLER-PFORZHEIM D R G M 35269 to reverse); both with pins; zinc War Merit Cross medal, 2nd Class with swords, with suspension loop and ring; Luftwaffe embroidered gold/silver wire on felt backing badge depicting flying eagle and swastika over wreath. 102 grams total. (2" - 2 1/4"). Fine to very fine condition. [5, No Reserve] Provenance Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired by gift 1989; formerly by exchange for cigarettes between Mr Curtica, a camp administrator, with German prisoners of war, 1945.
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