Belgium, Kingdom. A 1944 Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond Youth Movement Spring Festival Commemorative Badge Auction Archive measuring 16 mm (w) x

measuring 16 mm (w) x 21 cm (h)

otherwise extremely good condition

gilt wear evident on the eagle

Stitched onto the blouse just above the upper right pocket is an insignia consisting of a golden-brown rayon base bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

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Belgium, Kingdom. A 1944 Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond Youth Movement Spring Festival Commemorative Badge Auction Archive measuring 16 mm (w) xConstructed of a gilded bronze alloy, the obverse bearing a raised hand in salute, bisecting floral imagery, circumscribed by inscriptions of LENTEFEEST DER DMS (SPRING FESTIVAL OF THE DMS DIETSE MEISJESSCHAREN) and ANTWERPEN 29 MEI 1944, the reverse with a needle attachment, unmarked, measuring 40 mm in diameter, demonstrating minor loss of gilt finish, in near extremely fine condition.