Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 GTRexclude then transferred to the Canadian

then transferred to the Canadian Railway Construction Corps at the Canadian Railway Troops Depot on February 5th

circumscribed by the names of enemy nations and above dates “1914-15”

reverse inscribed in German "EHRE UND ARBEIT" (Honour and Labour) and dated "1923"

and bearing a multi-coloured RAD logo

Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 GTRexclude then transferred to the Canadian(Abzeichen fr Freiballonfhrer). Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1970 issue. Constructed of silvered white metal, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath with a large centrally superimposed balloon and a NSFK insignia consisting of a winged Icarus and a mobile swastika at the top of the badge, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 45. 3 mm (w) x 60. 1 mm (l), in near mint condition. Footnote: Rudolf Souval was a predominant