Germany (Third Reich): Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes ( Winter Help of the German People), or WFW Charity. Lot of 11 x 'Regional' badges

The lot comprises below German 'Regions' badges:

- Danzig
- Schlesien (2 x badges)
- Baden
- Grenzmark
- Bayern (2 x badges including one sans pin fastener)
- Saargebiet
- Rheinland
- Ostpreussen
- Westfalen (sans pin fastener)

Hitler ordered the establishment of the Winterhilfswerk in 1933 and personally open...  read more

Code: 21636

Germany (Federal Republic): Medal of the Order of Merit. Gilt and enamel

Sold together with:

- Companion lapel riband with pin fitting for undress wear
- Original plush hinged case of issue with logo of maker, Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid

Condition: EF  read more

Code: 23334

Germany (Imperial): Honour Cross 1914-1918. With 'Swords' for combatants

Reverse of cross with makers marks 'G7'

The medal fitted with a bright length of 'Combatants' medal riband

Often referred - erroneously - as the 'Hindenburg Cross' - the Honour Cross was the first general service medal to be instituted during the short-lived, but ultimately calamatous, era of the 'Third Reich', as an exclusive 'retrospective' general service award,...  read more

Code: 23329

Germany (Imperial): Kyffhauser 1914-1918 War Veterans Commemorative Medal

The Medal was instituted in 1922 and, until the issue of the Cross of Honour (a.k.a Hindenburg Cross) that was issued retrospectively to Great War veterans in 1934, was often the only medal worn by German veterans of the Great War

The Kyffhäuserbund der Deutschen Landeskriegerverbände veterans’ organisation had been established some years before World War I and Field Marshal Paul...  read more

Code: 23325

Germany (Third Reich): War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz). 2nd Class. Without swords

Germany (Third Reich): War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz). 2nd Class. Without swords

The award was instituted in 1939, and originally awarded in three grades (a fourth grade in 'gold' was later instigated by Albert Speer in 1944, and although although 2 x 'paper' awards were approved in 1945, the decoration was never physically issued to either awardee)

Conditi...  read more

Code: 22715

Germany (Third Reich): War Merit Medal (Kriegsverdienstmedaille)

The award was instituted on 19 August 1940, to recognize outstanding service in the war effort. The War Merit Medal was awarded to Germans and non-Germans, to men and women. An estimated 4.9 million medals were awarded by the end of the war in Europe

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 22714

Germany (Third Reich): SA Sports Badge / National Defence Badge. Bronze grade

Officially numbered 705989 on reverse, with clear makers marks for 'Berg & Nolte A.G.' of Ludenscheid, Germany

The magnetic metal badge retaining its original reverse fittings of vertical hinged brass pin and clasp fittings, as issued

The SA Sports Badge was a decoration of the Third Reich issued between the years 1933 and 1945

The SA Sports ...  read more

Code: 22711

A selection of 12 x Great War era Germany & Axis 'Patriotic' military postcards

A lot of German 'Patriotic' WW1 post-cards

Three have been written on the back, with Germany addresses, and are dated 1917, and what appears to be earlier ones for 1914 & 1915

Good bright colours

Condition: Very good  read more

Code: 22650

Germany (Third Reich): Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen).'Black' 3rd class award

Awarded for being wounded-in-action on one or two occasions

The hollow pressed metal award with makers marks 'L/11' on reverse

The reverse of the award complete with original vertical long hinged pin & clasp fittings as issued

Condition: VF  read more

Code: 22443

Germany (Third Reich): Kriegsmarine War Badge for the Coastal Artillery (Kriegsabzeichen für die Marineartillerie)

Reverse of the award retaining its original vertical long round pin with clasp fittings, as issued

The solid die-struck award with makers marks on reverse, for 'Friedrich Linden', of Ludenscheid, Germany, with their registered number '43' below

Metal: Gilded 'Feinzink' metal

Dimensions(approx): Width 42mm / Height 52mm

Weight: 38.1gread more

Code: 22440