Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz Personnel Badge, By Hermann Aurich certificate_of_authenticity with right-facing bronze gilt eagle

with right-facing bronze gilt eagle standing upon a wreathed swastika with "STL" insignia at the peak

1939-1945 Star (104422 F

Footnote: The German Labour Front

including a 1933 Sturmabteilung (SA) Dortmund meeting badge

with unique set up on reverse (Frank Heukemes in his book on General Assault Badge calls this type as “unknown maker #10” – see page 294-295 for same type of badge)

Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz Personnel Badge, By Hermann Aurich certificate_of_authenticity with right-facing bronze gilt eagle(Werkschutz Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered and painted zink, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika, above a banner bearing a blackened inscription of WERKSCHUTZ, on a red background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked H. AURICH, DRESDEN, measuring 106 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), some loss of finish evident, an unnumbered example in overall