Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz Personnel Badge, By Hermann Aurich Auction both with reverse Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)

both with reverse Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) tags and measuring 58 mm in diameter

Footnote On June 11

(Ehrenkreuz 1876)

discolouration on the tip of lower reverse arm)

reverse illustrating an open-ended wreath of maple leaves

Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz Personnel Badge, By Hermann Aurich Auction both with reverse Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)(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