Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Peoples’ Federation of Germans in Hungary Membership Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac standard pilot’s commemorative badge motive

standard pilot’s commemorative badge motive within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves

18 mm x 28

followed four months later by a transfer to Barrie

near mint condition with particularly fine silvering

both unmarked and measuring 35 mm in diameter

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Peoples’ Federation of Germans in Hungary Membership Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac standard pilot’s commemorative badge motive(Volksbund der Deutschen in Ungarn Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a white enameled disc overlaid by a gilded sunwheel style mobile swastika, set within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of VOLKSBUND DER DEUTSCHEN IN UNGARN (PEOPLES FEDERATION OF GERMANS IN HUNGARY), the reverse with horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked RK, measuring 22 mm in diameter,