MITTWEIDA badge in gilded bronze
machine woven Luftschutz emblem in white threads on a Luftschutz blue-grey rayon
it was the decisive leadership of Kraas
a paratrooper who was a stickler for conventional doctrine
flanked by the dates "1914" on the left and "1918" on the right
Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Third Reich Period Stick Pins Auction Archive MITTWEIDA badge in gilded bronze(Drittes Reich Anstecknadeln). A group of four Third Reich period stick pins, including an Infantry Assault Badge, constructed of silvered bronze, unmarked, measuring 13 mm (w) x 17 mm (h), in very fine condition; a Wound Badge in Black, constructed of blackened bronze, unmarked, measuring 14 mm (w) x 17 mm (h), in near very fine condition; a DRL Sports Badge, constructed of bronze, the reverse maker marked L. Christian Lauer, Nrnberg, measuring 15 mm