Germany, Third Reich. A 1942 Vienna European Youth Congress Event Badge By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive 3rd Battalion of SS Artillery

3rd Battalion of SS Artillery Regiment 4

with good conduct

According to his Certificate of Service issued in Ottawa in 1940

the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the WWII War Service Badge (number 064694)

circled by the legend PRIN NOI ÎNŞINE (BY OURSELVES) and the date 14

Germany, Third Reich. A 1942 Vienna European Youth Congress Event Badge By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive 3rd Battalion of SS Artillery(Europischer Jugendkongress Wien Abzeichen). Constructed of feinkzink, the obverse with a symbolic depiction of Europa riding a bull, circumscribed by an inscription of EUROPISCHER JUGENDKONGRESS 13. 19. SEPT. 1942 WIEN, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked FRIEDR. ORTH, WIEN 56, also marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) insignia and maker code M9 242, measuring 35. 71 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.