A 1938 Fallersleben Volkswagen Factory Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Badge Newly Listed numbered 1799

numbered 1799

outside panel printed in red ink with an address panel entitled "V

The prisoners had been so badly let down by their officers in previous camps that they proved extremely troublesome

William Richards was an employee of the National Cash Register Company and was a member of the Royal Canadian Bicycle Club before the war

in generally very good/fine condition

A 1938 Fallersleben Volkswagen Factory Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Badge Newly Listed numbered 1799A 1938 Grundsteinlegung des Volkswagenwerkes badge (May 1938); in silvered zink, with all of the silvering on the obverse worn off; horizontal pinback; unmarked; measuring 40 mm x 30 mm; near very fine condition. Footnote: On May 26, 1938, Adolf Hitler laid the cornerstone of the Volkswagen factory in Fallerselben, which was to produce the VW Beetle Kraft durch Freude Wagen Strength through Joy car. The factory only built a handful of cars by the