Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Kyffhäuser League Combat Games Victor’s Sleeve Badge Hold many times

many times

while “39” is the year of production - 1939)

residue on the reverse from previous cleaning

in glazed porcelain

18mm (w) x 19mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Kyffhäuser League Combat Games Victor’s Sleeve Badge Hold many times(Kyffhuserbund Wettkampfsieger rmelabzeichen). Constructed of bronze, affixed to a black wool backer, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a 1914 Iron Cross and flanked by mobile swastikas, with a central Kyffhuser Monument above an inscription of WETTKAMPFSIEGER (COMBAT GAMES WINNER) and a target overlaid by crossed rifles and a date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 58 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) (inclusive of