Medals & Militaria

Collector lot of six German period badges and insignia featuring a 1934 “Deutsch ist die Saar” badge, Reichsparteitag 1936 tinnie, 1 Mai 1938 Labour Day badge, embroidered Heer farrier trade insignia and two additional period-style metal insignia. An interesting mixed group representing political events, commemorative culture and specialist insignia from 1930s Germany.

Mixed seven-piece German militaria and historical insignia lot featuring Third Reich-era badges, tinnies and commemorative pieces, including a dated 1 Mai 1936 badge, an enamel German Red Cross-style pin, military-themed insignia and period political imagery. An interesting group for collectors of WWII German badges, civilian organizations and Third Reich historical memorabilia.

Original five-piece German historical badge and tinnie collection dating from 1928 to 1938, including a 14. Deutsches Turnfest Köln 1928 ribbon souvenir, Tag der Arbeit 1935 badge, 1. Mai 1938 commemorative badge and two additional period insignia. An interesting mixed collection illustrating German civic, sporting and political commemorative culture between the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich period.

Original German historical grouping of badges, tinnies, cloth insignia and a miniature wartime donation booklet, including an Ost-Hannover 1925–1934 NSDAP anniversary badge, 1935 Seefahrt ist Not maritime tinnie, Saar 1935 badge, 1937 DJH youth-hostel badge and WWII signals sleeve insignia.

Original Mutterkreuz gold medal, third class of the Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter, also known as the German Mother’s Cross or Mother’s Cross Gold. This is one of the most recognizable German civil awards from the late 1930s and the IIWW / WWII period.

Original WWII German Mother’s Cross in Silver, officially known as the Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter or Mutterkreuz in Silber. Period civil award with blue and white enamel, original ribbon, reverse dated 16 Dezember 1938, and Adolf Hitler facsimile signature. A historically important Third Reich-era collectible offered strictly for historical, educational, and collector purposes.

Original WWII German Heer metal visor cap eagle, manufactured in lightweight silver-coloured metal with detailed Wehrmacht eagle and wreathed swastika. Two original attachment prongs remain on the reverse.

Original WWII German Eastern Front Medal 1941/42, officially known as the Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42” or Ostmedaille. Period zinc medal with characteristic red, white and black ribbon, dark age patina, Wehrmacht eagle design and clearly preserved reverse inscription.

Original WWII German War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, the 1939 Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern, complete with its red, white and black suspension ribbon. Attractive bronze-toned period decoration with crossed swords, textured arms and natural age-related patina.

Original postwar German 1957 Silver Wound Badge, the denazified Federal Republic version of the WWII Verwundetenabzeichen. Silver-coloured oval badge with steel helmet, crossed swords, laurel wreath and original vertical pin-back construction.

Original Imperial German Württemberg Silver Military Merit Medal from the reign of King Wilhelm II, bearing the inscription “Für Tapferkeit und Treue” – “For Bravery and Loyalty” – and the signed portrait of Wilhelm II by court medallist Karl Schwenzer.

Collector-made reproduction of the German Wound Badge 1939 in Black, 2nd Pattern. Full-size 44 × 36 mm badge with hollow-style reverse and vertical pin. Clearly offered as a reproduction, not a wartime original.