Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland National Socialist People’s Welfare Leader’s Badge Newly Listed maker marked “26” for “B

maker marked “26” for “B

Skirmishes broke out around two flat-topped hills called the Greater and Lesser Arapiles

with the last third of the album depicting the owner’s time at the front while in service with Nahaufklärungsgruppe 3 and Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4 from October 1944 until April 1945

cross insignia in silvered bronze

A large NSBO badge (constructed of aluminum

Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland National Socialist People’s Welfare Leader’s Badge Newly Listed maker marked “26” for “B(Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt Fhrerabzeichen). An oval badge constructed of silvered bronze with red and black enamels, the obverse illustrating the Sudeten Party insignia overlaying a National Socialist Peoples Welfare insignia, flanked by 19 at the left and 38 at the right (1938), the reverse plain with a horizontal pinback, measuring 38. 4 mm (w) x 31. 1 mm (l), weighing 14. 21 grams, patina from age and with the enamels well preserved, in