Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Bowling Awards Newly Listed By mid-April 1917

By mid-April 1917

these early SS cotton armbands are rarer than the more commonly found wool armbands

Instituted in 1852 by King Frederick William III of Prussia in the typical style of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg

each of the bands engraved with a wavy zig-zag design along the top edge and sides

maker marked "PR'A'WEMA MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on the screwback

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Bowling Awards Newly Listed By mid-April 1917(Abzeichen fr Hchstleistungen). A group of eight badges, including three Deutscher Keglerbund (DKB) for excellence in bowling (in Bronze, Silber, and Gold), all on vertical pinbacks, measuring 30 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), with three matching stick pins on 43 mm long needle pins, as well as a miniature DKB award in Gold marked GES. GESCH. on reverse, measuring 12 mm (w) x 17 mm (h), and a Bund der Egerlnder pin with white and blue enamels, measuring 20 mm