Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 Newly Listed weighing 670 grams

weighing 670 grams

which had been named the Imperial Strategic Reserve

the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon

worked as a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and was a fifty year plus member of the Norris City Masonic Lodge

and the Germans were driven from the town

Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 Newly Listed weighing 670 grams(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