Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Baden Honour Badge, Gold Grade Large Version, By Fr. Klett GTRexclude with a lightly textured dark

with a lightly textured dark green faux leather (leatherette) exterior

He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in Infantry Regiment Nr

consisting of a bright scarlet red field bearing a 258 mm (w) x 247 mm (h) white cotton five-pointed star stitched in place in the center on both sides

chipping and repair evident in the blue enamels on the ribbon banner on both sides

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Baden Honour Badge, Gold Grade Large Version, By Fr. Klett GTRexclude with a lightly textured dark(Gau Ehrenzeichen Baden in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing a depressed and blackened inscription of GAU BADEN, surrounding an NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounde catch, maker marked FR. KLETT, KARLSRUHE, measuring 35. 06 mm (w) x 45. 69 mm (h),