Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type II with Rhein/Ruhr Campaign Clasp, by Paul Küst consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mounted to a silver gilt

mounted to a silver gilt and black enamelled Maltese cross base

two-prong pebbled aluminum buckle stitched in place and marked with the RZM insignia

most of which are sewn in place to a wool base

Each armpit features an integrated rayon loop with a machine-embroidered maker’s mark of “A

closing with a reinforced buttonhole meeting a grey bakelite button

Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type II with Rhein/Ruhr Campaign Clasp, by Paul Küst consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mounted to a silver gilt(Schlageter Schild, 2. Form). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled oval field, bearing a raised inscription of SCHLAGETER, with a Latin Cross extending from the top edge, in turn flanked by RHEIN RUHR 1923 24 campaign clasps, the reverse with four visible clips securing the clasps in position, with a vertical pinback affixed to a crimped