Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1923 Membership Badge, Large Version, By Stahlhof Magdeburg Newly Listed The crown of the cap

The crown of the cap is fully trimmed with a band of bordeaux red piping

glue residue evident on the paper backer from previous board mounting

making his age 49 and not 51

and Cyrillic initials “ИЛ” (Metalsmith Itska Lozinsky)

Silver Grade 1944 (silvered metal with red and white enamels

Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1923 Membership Badge, Large Version, By Stahlhof Magdeburg Newly Listed The crown of the cap(Der Stahlhelm Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a black enameled disc bearing a raised and silvered Stahlhelm, in turn bearing an engraved inscription of DER STAHLHELM flanked by an Iron Cross, above silvered oak leaves and a date of 1923, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, engraved with an identification number of V. TH. 213 and a date