In gilt metal with red
but exceptions were made for members of ruling houses and those whose membership in the order would add to its prestige
reverse with a white mesh backer
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stopping off at Midway for last minute alterations in preparation for cold weather operations off the Kuril Islands
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Badges Newly Listed In gilt metal with red(Drittes Reich Abzeichen). A lot of four badges, including a 1935 Day of German Seafaring badge, constructed of aluminum, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked PAUL SCHULZE & CO., LDENSCHEID, measuring 42 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a 1936 Hesse Nassau Frankfurt Gau Day badge, constructed of aluminum, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked PH. U. GUST. FEST., HANAU, measuring 35 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely fine