Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Baden Honour Badge, Gold Grade Large Version, By Fr. Klett United Republic of fear of the Allies retribution

fear of the Allies retribution forced them to reconsider and shelf the idea

Price with a strength of 27 officers and 574 other ranks

Valenciennes and Ypres prominently displayed on the map

the son of John Nelson and Philomene Nelson

obverse illustrating a seated Russian soldier in uniform and wearing a traditional soldier's cap bearing a cap badge on the front

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Baden Honour Badge, Gold Grade Large Version, By Fr. Klett United Republic of fear of the Allies retribution(Gau Ehrenzeichen Baden in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing a depressed and blackened inscription of GAU BADEN, surrounding an NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounde catch, maker marked FR. KLETT, KARLSRUHE, measuring 35. 06 mm (w) x 45. 69 mm (h),