Germany, Weimar Republic. Freikorps Schlageter Badge; Second Type, By Paul Küst Archive with seven medals

with seven medals

each glove stamped in black ink with the Air Ministry King's Crown and "A

Second Army Corps was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal

measuring 97 mm (w) x 120 mm (h)

Germany, Weimar Republic. Freikorps Schlageter Badge; Second Type, By Paul Küst Archive with seven medals(Schlageter Abzeichen). Constructed of heavily silvered bronze, second type; with a vertical pinback; maker marked "PAUL KST ABZEICHEN ORDENFABRIK BERLIN S W 19", marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschtzt) and "102" on the reverse, 35. 42 mm (w) x 36. 38 mm (h); in overall extremely fine condition. Footnote: Albert Leo Schlageter (August 12, 1894 May 26, 1923) was a member of the German Freikorps. After the outbreak of the First World War, he became a