Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Commemorative Badges GTRexclude NEW YORK / G

NEW YORK / G

given the prickly nature of Empress Dowager Cixi and her obsessional paranoia of any challenge to her power

80% of its original silver wash remaining

flanked on the right by a shield bearing a coat of arms of the former Courland capital city of Mitau (now Jelgava)

79mm (w) x 44

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Commemorative Badges GTRexclude NEW YORK / G(Erinnerungsabzeichen). A mixed lot of nine commemorative badges, including a 1932 Reich Youth Day badge, constructed of bronze, vertical pinback, the reverse maker marked HOFFSTTTER, BONN, measuring 24 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a 1934 National Socialist War Victims Care (NSKOV) memorial badge, constructed of bronze, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), with oxidation evident, in fair condition;