Germany, Nsdap. A Membership Badge By Fritz Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity The spike base has four

The spike base has four circular ventilation holes to the "neck" portion and an embossed

an article about Senior Lieutenant Erich Hartmann

to replace the senior classes of the older Sharifian Order of Military Merit on its re-organization

or in exceptional circumstances during the peacetime

He was soon to see service in the French theatre

Germany, Nsdap. A Membership Badge By Fritz Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity The spike base has four(NSDAP Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, the obverse with a black enameled mobile swastika on a white enameled field, surrounded by red enameled ring with inscription NATIONAL SOZIALISTISCHE D. A. P., the reverse marked with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code M1 72 for maker Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart, measuring 23. 36 mm in diameter, weighing 4. 5 grams, in near extremely fine condition.