Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Newly Listed Footnote: 226 Grand Crosses awarded

Footnote: 226 Grand Crosses awarded

two Additional Pins (first pin with a two-piece construction

Both fullsize and miniature have never been on suspension

1919 (132 L

Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Newly Listed Footnote: 226 Grand Crosses awarded(Elblotse Kennzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval disc with a pebbled border, bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHES REICH (GERMAN EMPIRE) and above an inscription of ELBLOTSE (ELBE PILOT), the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with an issue number of 163, marked with a silver