Germany, SA. A Rare 1932 Osnabrück Deployment Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Watersnoodmedaille)

(Watersnoodmedaille)

1870 type (with original award document dated 23

He was taken on strength by the Canadian Army Overseas on June 14

number impressed "63398" on the reverse

This is a very well-preserved first pattern Luftwaffe dagger

Germany, SA. A Rare 1932 Osnabrück Deployment Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Watersnoodmedaille)(SA Aufmarsch Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse bearing a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of SA AUSMARSCH OSNABRCK 17. JULI 1932 (SA DEPLOYMENT OSNABRCK 17 JULY 1932), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 32 mm in diameter, a scarce commemorative badge issued on the eve of the NSDAP seizure of power, in extremely fine condition.