Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1923 Membership Badge, Large Version, By Stahlhof Magdeburg GTRexclude and Colonial Auxilliary Forces Officers'

and Colonial Auxilliary Forces Officers' Decoration

as published in The Medal Collector issue for September-October 1959

Silver/gray machine embroidered edelweiss with a yellow embroidered stamen

followed seven months later by his attachment to the 125th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1923 Membership Badge, Large Version, By Stahlhof Magdeburg GTRexclude and Colonial Auxilliary Forces Officers'(Der Stahlhelm Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a black enameled disc bearing a raised and silvered Stahlhelm, in turn bearing an engraved inscription of DER STAHLHELM flanked by an Iron Cross, above silvered oak leaves and a date of 1923, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, engraved with an identification number of V. TH. 213 and a date