Germany, Federal Republic. A Blockade Runner Badge, Early Post-War Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold He joined the Nazi Party

He joined the Nazi Party in 1931

scattered silvering wear on the eagle

One of his medical reports documents the injury that occurred to his left foot: "While on duty near Le Havre on February 29th 1916

number A-823 in January 1939

Germany, Federal Republic. A Blockade Runner Badge, Early Post-War Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold He joined the Nazi Party(Abzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a central blockade runner cutting through the chain, its bow topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika while in mid flight, with its head extending beyond the edge, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, unmarked but