Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz Personnel Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude with leather tab emboss stamped

with leather tab emboss stamped with the maker mark "H

with wear and repair evident immediately to the right

with oxidation and decay evident

has been awarded the Eiserne Zvonimir-Medaille am Kriegsband (Iron Zvonimir Medal with War Ribbon) on September 9

illustrating a shield bearing the Czechoslovakia lion coat-of-arms and a banner above inscribed "CZECHOSLOVAKIA"

Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz Personnel Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude with leather tab emboss stamped(Werkschutz Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered and painted zink, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika, above a banner bearing a blackened inscription of WERKSCHUTZ, on a red background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked H. AURICH, DRESDEN, measuring 106 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), some loss of finish evident, an unnumbered example in overall