Germany, Third Reich. A Wartime Harvest Female Farmworkers Appreciation Badge Newly Listed lead pencil writing insert

lead pencil writing insert

with a magnetic metal throat

An example of a second war period Waffen-SS membership stick pin

with a sunwheel swastika on its chest

contact marks on the "96"

Germany, Third Reich. A Wartime Harvest Female Farmworkers Appreciation Badge Newly Listed lead pencil writing insert(Kriegserntedank Abzeichen). Constructed of bronzed zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a central raised Odal rune, above a mobile swastika and flanked by wheat stalks, circumscribed by inscriptions of KRIEGSERNTEDANK AN DIE BUERIN (WARTIME GRATITUDE TO THE FEMALE FARMERS) and LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT ALPENLAND (ALPENLAND PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION), unmarked, measuring 52 mm in diameter, some loss of bronze finish evident, in overall