Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Sudetenland Honour Badge Auction Archive Footnote: With a total of

Footnote: With a total of 420 of this Royal Merit Order of St

Dark patina on obverse

Footnote: Robert Clarke was born in Ireland on April 25

mint period-original ribbon

then invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Princess Elizabeth

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Sudetenland Honour Badge Auction Archive Footnote: With a total of(Sudetenland Gau Ehrenzeichen). An extremely rare and well preserved example of a Gau Sudetenland Honour Badge, of multi piece construction, consisting of a nickel silver oak leaf wreath bearing a gilded tombak NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a swastika, wreathed joined together at the bottom by a raised date of 1938 and multi coloured enamels stripes in the style of the Sudetenland flag, reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical