Germany, Hj. A Rare 1938 Hamburg Reichskampf Participant’s Badge Hold back panel engraved "SOMME /

back panel engraved "SOMME / VERDUN / ARGONNE / ST

It begins with a Preface by the author dated at Hove in 1975

The scabbard is constructed of painted black steel (magnetic) with nickel fittings

he served with the Reserve Infantry Regiment 8 (III Army Corps)

German Made - Type II

Germany, Hj. A Rare 1938 Hamburg Reichskampf Participant’s Badge Hold back panel engraved "SOMME /(Reichskampf Hamburg Abzeichen). Constructed of a bronzed aluminum alloy with multi coloured enamels, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a circular ring bearing a raised inscription of REICHS KAMPF HAMBURG, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing an enameled HJ insignia, flanked by a date of 1938, topped by a detailed depiction of turreted castle gate through which a ship is passing, unmarked, measuring 39 mm