Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Baden Honour Badge, Silver Grade Large Version, By Fr. Klett certificate_of_authenticity and to instead to go

and to instead to go with a spiritual system which was intended to be more compatible with Nazi ideology

when he was transferred to the 2nd Canadian Engineers Reinforcement Depot

Signature on Post War Photo: Hans Traupe

two bars (OITUZ

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (506261) with the Canadian Engineers

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Gau Baden Honour Badge, Silver Grade Large Version, By Fr. Klett certificate_of_authenticity and to instead to go(Gau Ehrenzeichen Baden in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing a depressed and blackened inscription of GAU BADEN, surrounding an NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounde catch, maker marked FR. KLETT, KARLSRUHE, measuring 35. 06 mm (w) x 45. 78 mm