Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Cologne German Colonial Exhibition Commemorative Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac awarded under Army Order 172/1918

awarded under Army Order 172/1918 most likely long after the recipient had retired from service

A 1936 Frankfurt am Main “Tag der Wehrmacht” badge (16

the reverse presents the royal monogram on a white enamel field with a blue enamel exterior ring

Brown wool upper with gilt eagle insignia and four silvered pips

Washington Elementary School in Phoenix from 1954 to 1963

Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Cologne German Colonial Exhibition Commemorative Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac awarded under Army Order 172/1918(Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of brass, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 30 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition. Footnote: Organized by the Reichskolonialbund, the July September 1934 German Colonial Exhibition in Cologne fueled historical revisionism of the former Germany Empire's colonial ventures, and demanded the return of former colonies to German control.