A Tyrolean Heimatwehr Long Service Badge Newly Listed that he would never willingly

that he would never willingly give himself up

This badge was introduced in 1916 for women involved in munitions production

the other diagonally on his back

27 mm x 27 mm each

The dedicatory inscription

A Tyrolean Heimatwehr Long Service Badge Newly Listed that he would never willinglyA 15 Jahre Tiroler Heimatwehr (Fifteen Year Tyrolean Home Guard) Long Service badge; in tombac with green and white enamels; vertical pinback; unmarked; measuring 65 mm x 43 mm; slightly bent with missing chips of enamel; otherwise fine condition. Footnote: The Heimatwehr or Heimwehr (Home Guard) were a nationalist, initially paramilitary group operating within Austria during the 1920s and 1930s. They were similar to Germanys Freikorps.