Germany, Third Reich. An Albert Schlageter “Storming of the Riga” Commemorative Freikorps Badge GTRexclude bearing a hand-embroidered Wehrmacht eagle

bearing a hand-embroidered Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

featuring everything from news items to fashion articles

maker marked with the logo of Carl Wild

measuring 68 mm (w) x 98 mm (h)

treated in hospital in France and England

Germany, Third Reich. An Albert Schlageter “Storming of the Riga” Commemorative Freikorps Badge GTRexclude bearing a hand-embroidered Wehrmacht eagle(Schlageter Erstrmung von Riga", Ehrenabzeichen). 1939 Issue. Constructed of aluminum, consisting of a shield inscribed Albert Leo Schlageter, 21 22. 5. 1919 21 22. 5. 1939 1. Erstrmung von Riga durch Deutsche Freikorpskmpfer (Storming of the Riga with German Freikorps Fighters, the reverse with a vertical pinback, marked Wilhelm Helbing, Leipzig W33 on the reverse, measuring 50. 4 mm (w) x 60. 1 mm (l), in better than very fine condition.