Germany, Federal Republic. A Blockade Runner Badge, Early Post-War Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold number A-823 in January 1939

number A-823 in January 1939

Royal cypher of King Friedrich Wilhelm in Gold with dimple-engraved accents on the reverse centrepiece

He joined the Nazi Party in 1931

Two stamps on the envelope read “Am Tag der Befreiung

One of his medical reports documents the injury that occurred to his left foot: "While on duty near Le Havre on February 29th 1916

Germany, Federal Republic. A Blockade Runner Badge, Early Post-War Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold number A-823 in January 1939(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through the chain, its bow topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika while in mid flight, with its head extending beyond the edge, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but