Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Gotha Comrades’ Association of Freikorps Fighters Membership Pin Archive 1938 and signed in black

1938 and signed in black ink

slight film over the arms of the cross

Silver hallmarked on reverse

each constructed of off-white paper with black ink and measuring 145 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)

measuring 38 mm (w) x 55 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Gotha Comrades’ Association of Freikorps Fighters Membership Pin Archive 1938 and signed in black(Kameradschaft Freikorps Kmpfer Gotha Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a central black enameled shield defaced by a silvered Totenkopf (indicating veterans of the Freikorps campaign in the Baltic region), surrounded by a red enameled border bearing a gilt inscription of KAMERADSCHAFT FREIKORPS KMPFER GOTHA (GOTHA COMRADES ASSOCIATION OF FREIKORPS FIGHTERS), unmarked, measuring 16. 58