Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1926 Commemorative Service Badge, by Der Stahlhof consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the pinback has been bent

the pinback has been bent near the tip

Sachs survived the war and surrendered to the British on 8 May 1945

including a cloth badge with machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (59441) with the 21st Infantry Battalion

the arms are pebbled with smooth borders

Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1926 Commemorative Service Badge, by Der Stahlhof consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the pinback has been bent(Der Stahlhelm Diensteintrittsabzeichen 1926). Instituted 13 November 1933 by Franz Seldte. (1933 1939 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, the obverse consisting of a black enameled medallion, overlaid by a raised Stahlhelm insignia, situated above a silvered date of 1926 topped by oak leaves, the reverse with a crimped hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, engraved with a unit