A Rare German Christian Church Membership Badge By Willi Merten Auction Archive Instituted 1808

Instituted 1808

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but these proposals came to nothing in the face of Allied offensives against the Ottomans on three fronts (the Dardanelles

A Rare German Christian Church Membership Badge By Willi Merten Auction Archive Instituted 1808A Rare German Christian Church Membership Badge by Willi Merten Copper gilt and enamels, maker marked "WILLI MERTEN" and marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschtzt) on the reverse, 21 mm, horizontal pinback, light gilt wear, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: Adolf Hitler recognized the basic need of the German people for religion, and that it should be separate from the teachings of the state. Aside from the Catholic, Lutheran, and Protestant