Germany, Third Reich. A Baden Singing Association Membership Pin, By Eugen Schmidhäussler United Republic of reverse illustrating a five-sided star

reverse illustrating a five-sided star over crossed rifle and hammer

the reverse in postcard format and with marks indicating it was taken near Pola (now Pula

period swing mounted on pin bar

and flanked by a date of “1933”

Germany, Third Reich. A Baden Singing Association Membership Pin, By Eugen Schmidhäussler United Republic of reverse illustrating a five-sided star(Badischer Sngerbund Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a Baden national griffin clutching an instrument, above a raised inscription of BADISCHER SNGERBUND (BADEN SINGING ASSOCIATION), flanked by a swastika, the reverse maker marked SCHMIDHUSSLER, PFORZHEIM, retaining a period original ribbon backer, measuring 23 mm (w) x 20 mm (h) (exclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine condition.