Germany, Third Reich. A Rlb Officer’s Badge, By H. Aurich Hold Department of Defence Badge 1916-1919

Department of Defence Badge 1916-1919 (in bronze gilt

slot cut-out for placement of a picture (presumably a picture of Adolf Hitler)

Cross of Merit

Fabricated from thick olive green webbed cotton

41 mm x 60 mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Rlb Officer’s Badge, By H. Aurich Hold Department of Defence Badge 1916-1919(Mitgliedabzeichen). A National Air Raid Protection Union (RLB) Officer's Badge of two piece construction, silvered bronze with blue enamels, maker marked AURICH DRESDEN and marked GES. GESCH. (Gesetzlich Geschtzt) on the reverse, measuring 18. 94 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback, and in near extremely fine condition.