Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Newly Listed a 1937 Gau Saxony Week

a 1937 Gau Saxony Week badge

1919 (132 L

measuring 26 mm (w) x 46 mm (h))

In handshelled case of issue

Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Newly Listed a 1937 Gau Saxony Week(Elblotse Kennzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval disc with a pebbled border, bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHES REICH (GERMAN EMPIRE) and above an inscription of ELBLOTSE (ELBE PILOT), the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with an issue number of 163, marked with a silver