WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - Saturday 17 September 2016

The Eclectic Collector · 17 September 2016

350

1933-1945 German Third Reich Sports Badges. (4)

1938 German Third Reich, German Hunting Association, 50 Year Commemorative badge, white metal and

green enamel disc inscribed, ‘50 Jahre - Deutsche Jaegerschaft Ostpreussen’. Maker’s mark ‘H. Wernstein - Juna’;

a bronze SA Sports badge, with flat, straight pin, maker’s mark for E. Schneider; a DLR Sports badge, bronze oval

badge centred with entwined letters ‘DLR’ surrounded by a wreath of oak-leaves. Hollow back with flat, straight

pin. Maker’s mark ‘H. Wernstein - Juna’; and a German Third Reich equestrian badge, a rider on jumping horse

surrounded by oak leaves above the letter ‘R’. Flat straight pin, maker’s mark, ‘L.Chr.Lauer - Nurnberg Berlin -

Gesetzlich Geschutzt’. (4)

Hermann Göring was appointed as Reichsforst und Jägermeister (National Forestry and Hunting Master) in 1933.

Estimate €150-€200 £130-£170

351

1939-1945 German Third Reich, War Merit awards (3)

Three War Merit awards: a 1940-1945 War Merit Medal; a 1939-1945 War Merit Cross, without swords (bronze);

and a a 1939-1945 War Merit Cross, bronze, with swords. (3)

Estimate €120-€180 £100-£150