Germany, Hj. A Children’s Holiday Transportation Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Instituted February 21

Instituted February 21

enamel flaking in yellow halo

light foxing and ink on the reverse showing remnants of a handprint

the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm

Germany, Hj. A Children’s Holiday Transportation Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Instituted February 21(Kinderlandverschickung Abzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a central raised Sig rune overlaid by an HJ style German national eagle, circumscribed by an inscription of ERWEITERTE KIND LAND VERSCHICKUNG, unmarked, measuring 38 mm in diameter, demonstrating the loss of most of the gilt finish, in very fine condition.