Austria, First Republic. A Fatherland Front Badge, Iv Class, C.1937 Auction with retaining nut and backing

with retaining nut and backing plate (nut marked “800”)

It is clear from its appearance that it is a very honest and true visor

inscribed in white china marker "SS - Wachkommando der LAH (Landhaus Adolf Hitlers) am Obersalzberg" (Guard Detachment of the Country House of Adolf Hitler at Obersalzberg) below on the gray matte surrounding the photograph

His attitude hostile and unco-operative

which condemned captured prisoners and ensured a high level of brutality by German soldiers against Soviet civilians

Austria, First Republic. A Fatherland Front Badge, Iv Class, C.1937 Auction with retaining nut and backing(Vaterlndische Front Mitgliedsabzeichen). In bronze, red, and white enamels, consisting of a bronze Seipel cross with a red and white enamelled Austrian flag in the centre, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 36. 67 mm (w) x 36. 82 mm (h), in overall better than extremely fine condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely