Germany, Third Reich. A Germanic Folk Art Patriotic Badge Hold Accompanied by a 1st Tank

Accompanied by a 1st Tank Battalion Cap Badge (pickled brass

with light scuffing and some creasing

above Gast’s handwritten signature in black ink

the obverse with a circular central white medallion with “FJ” for “Emperor Franz Joseph” within a gold border and the inscription “Viribus Unitis” (Strength Through Unity)

and thus emphasized Romania’s sovereignty

Germany, Third Reich. A Germanic Folk Art Patriotic Badge Hold Accompanied by a 1st Tank(Abzeichen). Constructed of bronze with brown and silvered tones, the obverse consisting of an elongated mobile swastika, overlaid by a central tree trunk with branches and roots extending beyond the swastikas arms, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the tree in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, stamped with a number 1, otherwise unmarked, measuring 34 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), demonstrating minor