Sweden, Kingdom. A National Socialist Workers’ Party Leader’s Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac accompanied by a black metal

accompanied by a black metal (magnetic) sheath featuring a black thick leather knife keeper

Kirkpatrick left for the French theatre with his Battalion and shortly after their arrival in France

the headband is leather and the dome is black rayon with the maker’s mark at the centre stating “C

threading and stitching holes evident on the reverse from previous cap attachment

sterling and gold filled

Sweden, Kingdom. A National Socialist Workers’ Party Leader’s Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac accompanied by a black metalConstructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a blue enameled shield bearing a silvered mobile swastika, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 26 mm (w) x 30 mm (h), demonstrating minor flecking and loss of finish to the enamels and base metal, respectively, a scarce badge issued to National Socialist Workers Party (NSAP) leadership level personnel in near