a Gauleiter Hans Schemm memorial badge
exhibiting scattered interruptions and repair in the fabric and light soiling
before being liberated in the Ruhr by American forces just five days before Victory In Europe Day and the end of the war
early very good quality
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Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, Iii Class With Oak Leaves, C.1941 Hold a Gauleiter Hans Schemm memorial(Red krune kralja Zvonimira). Instituted in 1941. Three piece construction, in bronze gilt with white and green enamels, measuring 41. 3 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), spotting and scuffing evident in the white enamels on both sides, on its original triangular war ribbon, very fine. Accompanied by two Photographs: one of an Army Senior Lance Corporal (in black and white, matte finish, scalloped edges, dated "1941" in ink along with an inscription in pencil on