Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt Auction Archive A 1934 NSDAP Kreis Helmstedt

A 1934 NSDAP Kreis Helmstedt Weihe Haus Kurt Schmalz in Helmstedt badge

including his Ashanti campaign (1873–1874) and the Nile Expedition against Mahdist Sudan in 1884-85

64 mm (w) x 37

We are going to wipe every last one of the bastards off that pier and out from under that pier before they have a chance to pick off the first wave

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt Auction Archive A 1934 NSDAP Kreis Helmstedt(HJ Leistungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a Sig rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked AD. SCHWERDT, STUTTGART, with issue number 17150, measuring 29. 81 mm (w) x 51. 69 mm (h), weighing 7. 6 grams, in very fine condition.