Two piece, die struck alloy tombak construction badge with silver and dark burnished silver finishes. The badge is in the form of a silver washed, nicely convexed, vertically oval, wreath with laurel leaves to the left side and oak-leaves to the right side and canted, swastika superimposed to the bottom center. Mounted on the wreath is a dark, burnished silver, highly vaunted, stylized eagle in flight clutching dual lightening bolts in its talons. The eagle is secured to the wreath by two, small dome headed rivets which are visible on the reverse. The eagles wing tips extend just beyond the outer edge of the wreath. The badge shows nice quality detailing including cut-outs to the lightening bolts. The silver finish to the wreath is retained about 85% although it has dulled to a flat, matte grey while the darker, burnished silver finish to the eagle is retained about 90%. The reverse of the wreath has a soldered, barrel type hinge, a thin round vertical pin and heavy soldered catch on a circular base palte all intact. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with the stamped, manufacturer´s name and location, "J.MME & SOHN, Berlin".
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