Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Breast Eagle Province of China the pin is marked C

the pin is marked C

within a blue enameled ring inscribed IM DIENSTE DER ZUKUNFT UNSERES VOLKES (IN SERVICE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLE)

In gilded silver with enamels a white enamelled cross pattee

the Duke of Connaught

Footnote: This membership stickpin was worn by Germans living in the Alsace-Lorraine Region of France who supported the annexation of that region to the Third German Reich in 1938

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Breast Eagle Province of China the pin is marked C(Heer Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of dark green wool, the obverse bearing a layer of dark green rayon threading, in turn overlaid by a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 105 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), demonstrating minor soiling and fatigue to the reverse, in extremely fine condition.