Germany, Nsdap. A 1932 Inaugural Reich Youth Day Badge, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Archive the Battleship “Westfalen”

the Battleship “Westfalen”

including a crossguard incorporating the Bohemian lion on both sides

for Services in the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office

issued 18 October 1933

the shape of the bow being a reference to the configuration of warships of the period and possibly a reminder that the British Admiralty had ordered merchant vessels to attempt to ram German submarines)

Germany, Nsdap. A 1932 Inaugural Reich Youth Day Badge, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Archive the Battleship “Westfalen”(I. Reichsjugendtag Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, vertical pinback, the reverse maker marked HOFFSTTTER, BONN, measuring 23 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), with some loss of finish evident, in overall better than very fine condition.