Germany, NSDAP. A Rare 1933 Gautag Osthannover Badge, Silver Grade Republic of Lüdenscheid (marked “3” on reverse)

Lüdenscheid (marked “3” on reverse)

from April 15 to November 12

Order of The Crown  - Grand Cross Set

Generalleutnant Hans Schmidt (1877–1948)

the unit flew Sopwith Pups

Germany, NSDAP. A Rare 1933 Gautag Osthannover Badge, Silver Grade Republic of Lüdenscheid (marked “3” on reverse)(Gau Traditionsabzeichen Osthannover in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a semi oval oak leaf wreath, topped by an oval disc bearing a raised Hanoverian horse situated above a date of 1933, surrounding a central mobile swastika circumscribed by an inscription of GAUTAG OSTHANNOVER IM JAHRE DER NATIONALSOZIAL. ERHEBUNG (GAU DAY EAST HANOVER IN THE YEAR OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST RISING), the reverse with a horizontal