Germany, Third Reich. A Gau Essen Honour Badge, Gold Grade, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Newly Listed und Sicherungsverbände” stick pin

und Sicherungsverbände” stick pin

Iron Cross Second Class 1914 - Iron core

including a large National Socialist Women’s League (NS-Frauenschaft) badge

and bayonets

Germany, Third Reich. A Gau Essen Honour Badge, Gold Grade, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Newly Listed und Sicherungsverbände” stick pin(Gau Essen Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse consisting of a sword bearing a mobile swastika on its hilt, overlaying crossed hammers bearing dates 1925 1935, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked HOFFSTTTER, BONN, measuring 31 mm (w) x 53 mm (h), with some loss of finish evident, in overall very fine condition.