Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz Personnel Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude 6mm (x69mm including crown suspension)

6mm (x69mm including crown suspension)

SOTHEBY FEB 1921

/ LOVERA GIACOMO / IL F

with oxidation and decay evident

Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz Personnel Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude 6mm (x69mm including crown suspension)(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