Germany, Weimar Republic. Freikorps Schlageter Badge; Second Type, By Paul Küst Hold with mobilization headquarters at Renfrew

with mobilization headquarters at Renfrew

disembarking Rotterdam

while later and more common examples have a pin on reverse

the reverse depicting a Zeppelin

Germany, Weimar Republic. Freikorps Schlageter Badge; Second Type, By Paul Küst Hold with mobilization headquarters at Renfrew(Schlageter Abzeichen). Constructed of heavily silvered bronze, second type; with a vertical pinback; maker marked "PAUL KST ABZEICHEN ORDENFABRIK BERLIN S W 19", marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschtzt) and "102" on the reverse, 35. 42 mm (w) x 36. 38 mm (h); in overall extremely fine condition. Footnote: Albert Leo Schlageter (August 12, 1894 May 26, 1923) was a member of the German Freikorps. After the outbreak of the First World War, he became a