Germany, Third Reich. An Officers Association (DOB) Membership Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac First War Soldbuch

First War Soldbuch

A pair of Third Reich period badges

Marguerite Catherine "Sadie" McKinney Colquhoun

in near mint condition and very rare

which ultimately led to their fall from grace

Germany, Third Reich. An Officers Association (DOB) Membership Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac First War Soldbuch(Deutscher Offiziersbund Mitgliedsabzeichen). Founded 1918. (Circa 1925 Issue). Constructed of silvered bronze and red, white, and black enamels, the obverse with a central medallion in red sun ray enamels topped with the letters DOB in white enamels, surrounded by rings of white and black enamels, with a vertically oriented sword featuring a black painted Cross Patte, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 48. 6 mm (w) x 24. 1 mm (l), in near