Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Commemorative Badges GTRexclude flanked on the right by

flanked on the right by a shield bearing a coat of arms of the former Courland capital city of Mitau (now Jelgava)

given the prickly nature of Empress Dowager Cixi and her obsessional paranoia of any challenge to her power

constructed of cotton and outlined in black with an inscription of “Jude” (“Jew”)

79mm (w) x 44

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Commemorative Badges GTRexclude flanked on the right by(Erinnerungsabzeichen). A mixed lot of nine commemorative badges, including a 1932 Reich Youth Day badge, constructed of bronze, vertical pinback, the reverse maker marked HOFFSTTTER, BONN, measuring 24 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a 1934 National Socialist War Victims Care (NSKOV) memorial badge, constructed of bronze, horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), with oxidation evident, in fair condition;