Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt Auction Archive Finely produced in silver gilt

Finely produced in silver gilt with white enamels

A 1934 NSDAP Kreis Helmstedt Weihe Haus Kurt Schmalz in Helmstedt badge

Mauretania on October 25

We are going to wipe every last one of the bastards off that pier and out from under that pier before they have a chance to pick off the first wave

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt Auction Archive Finely produced in silver gilt(HJ Leistungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a Sig rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked AD. SCHWERDT, STUTTGART, with issue number 17150, measuring 29. 81 mm (w) x 51. 69 mm (h), weighing 7. 6 grams, in very fine condition.