Germany, Ss. A Rare Germanic Proficiency Runes Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive for “Steinhauer & Lück

for “Steinhauer & Lück

constructed of heavy pressed paper with a red faux leather (leatherette exterior)

silvered eagle and gilded wreath (very good gilding and silvering)

above a stamped facsimile signature of Heinrich Himmler and an unidentified SS-Standartenführer’s handwritten signature

and dated “1919/23” with crossed swords within a wreath consisting of laurel leaves on the left side

Germany, Ss. A Rare Germanic Proficiency Runes Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive for “Steinhauer & Lück(Germanische Leistungsrune in Bronze). Constructed of lacquered and bronzed zink with enamels, the obverse consisting of a sunwheel style mobile swastika with ribbed arms, bearing central dual black enameled Sig runes, the reverse with four visible clips securing the obverse runes in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 38 mm (w) x 45. 36 mm (h), weighing 20. 8 grams, moderate