Austria, First Republic. A Fatherland Front Badge, Iv Class, C.1937 Auction with selected areas blacked out

with selected areas blacked out for privacy reasons

with retaining nut and backing plate (nut marked “800”)

intact lateral prongs

which condemned captured prisoners and ensured a high level of brutality by German soldiers against Soviet civilians

maker marked "G & S" (Glaser & Söhne

Austria, First Republic. A Fatherland Front Badge, Iv Class, C.1937 Auction with selected areas blacked out(Vaterlndische Front Mitgliedsabzeichen). In bronze, red, and white enamels, consisting of a bronze Seipel cross with a red and white enamelled Austrian flag in the centre, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 36. 67 mm (w) x 36. 82 mm (h), in overall better than extremely fine condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely