Original German WWI – WWII Medals & Badges Grouping – 6 Items Original Items

Original Items: Only One Group of 6 Available. This is a wonderful opportunity, especially for the new collectors out there wanting to add a beautiful assortment of items to their collection. Whether you are wanting to get into collecting or just add to already existing collections, you do not want to miss out on this lot.

The Pieces Included Are:
– Civil Service Faithful Service Medal 1st Class: The first class award for 40 years of service was a gold cross, with a gold wreath and a black enameled swas in the center of the cross. The reverse is stamped with Für treue Dienste (For faithful Services). The ribbon for the medal is cornflower blue. Minor staining to the ribbon with all of the original wash still present.

– Civil Service Faithful Service Medal 2nd Class: The second class award for 25 years of service was a silver cross, with a silver wreath and a black enameled swas in the center of the cross. The reverse is stamped with Für treue Dienste (For faithful Services). The ribbon for the medal is cornflower blue. Minor staining to the ribbon with much of the original wash still present.

– Bavarian Industrial Honor Medal for 25 Years of Faithful Service: The obverse of the silver washed oval planchet is beautifully struck and features excellent detail and nice relief to the inscription, regal lions, oak leaves, machine gear and swas. Below the gear is a beautifully executed blue and white checkered shield (the Bavarian national colors). The reverse of the medal bears the inscription, Die Bayernish Industrie – Fur 25 Jahre Treue Dienste (The Bavarian Industry – 25 Year Faithful Service). The planchet is suspended from its original white ribbon with 2 blue stripes on each outer edge. The ribbon is heavily faded and worn with some fraying present.

– SA-Wehrmannschaft Sports Badge in Gold Grade by W. Redo: Known in German as the sportabzeichen, these were awarded to members of the SA for athletic achievement during the annual sports festivals. These were all part of a larger SA-Wehrmannschaft program, intended to train members of the SA. Badge is in lovely condition with much of the original wash.

– “DRL” Sports Badge by Wernstein Jena: The German Sports Badge, also known as the “German National Sports Badge” was first created in the year 1913 and is one of the oldest awards of Germany still in active circulation. At first the German Sports Badge was only issued to men for the completion of various physical tests. In 1921 it was renamed to Deutsches Turn- und Sportabzeichen and women were eligible as well. In NSDAP Germany the design of the badge remained basically the same but a swas was added at its base. Since 1935, the letters “DRL” (“Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen”) replaced the letters “DRA” (“Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Leibesübungen”). On 1 July 1937 was renamed to Deutsche Reichsauszeichnung für Leibesübungen and obtained the status as an officially recognised decoration of the state. In 1938, the Austrian Sports Badge was incorporated in the German Sports badge. The last tests for the Deutsche Reichsauszeichnung für Leibesübungen were held in 1944. The badge is in lovely condition.

– WWI Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (Hindenburg Cross) Medal: Established by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of the German Weimar Republic, by an order dated 13 July 1934, to commemorate service of the German people during the First World War. This was Germany’s first official service medal for soldiers of Imperial Germany who had taken part in the war, and where they had since died it was also awarded to their surviving next-of-kin. Shortly after its issuance, the government of NSDAP Germany declared the award as the only official service decoration of the First World War and further forbade the continued wearing of German Free Corps awards on any military or paramilitary uniform of a state or NSDAP Party organization. The medal and ribbon are both in lovely condition.

A wonderful totally genuine grouping perfect for the German Medal and Insignia collector.