Two Third Reich Stickpins - National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (NSRL = Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) Stickpin 1944 (two-piece construction
demonstrating loss of gilt finish and a consistent patina throughout the base metal
green and dark blue enamels
with strong toned silver and gilt loss
and does not appear on casualty or Red Cross missing persons list
Bavaria, Kingdom. A Military Commemorative Cross for 1813-1815 Archive Two Third Reich Stickpins -(Militrdenkzeichen fr 1813, 1814, 1815). Instituted 4 December 1814 by King Maximilian Joseph I. (1817 1818). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a central wreathed monogram of King Maximilian Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of "FR DIE JAHRE 1813 und 1814", the reverse bearing a central wreathed Bavarian lion rampant, circumscribed by an inscription of KNIG UND VATERLAND (KING AND FATHERLAND), unmarked,