Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Archive red cloth backer marked "84"

red cloth backer marked "84" with white threading visible on the backer

(Alsace-Lorraine): Silvered bronze with red

obverse illustrating Noah's Ark on a wave-covered sea

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This cap is completely unmarked

Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Archive red cloth backer marked "84"(Elblotse Kennzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval disc with a pebbled border, bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHES REICH (GERMAN EMPIRE) and above an inscription of ELBLOTSE (ELBE PILOT), the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with an issue number of 163, marked with a silver