Germany, HJ. A Rare 1938 Hamburg Reichswettkampf Participant’s Badge Republic of with Kinstler as part of

with Kinstler as part of the crew

He embarked for overseas on August 5

but the inscription is not legible

and the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders)

the division found itself fighting Italy's former allies

Germany, HJ. A Rare 1938 Hamburg Reichswettkampf Participant’s Badge Republic of with Kinstler as part of(Reichswettkampf Hamburg 1938 Teilnehmerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels the obverse consisting of a circular disc bearing a raised HJ style German national eagle clutching an enameled logo, flanked by a date of 1938, topped by the Hamburg port tower with a ship passing through, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSKAMPF HAMBURG, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 38 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), demonstrating