Germany, NSDAP. A Membership Badge, Early Small Version, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac certified by the stamped signature

certified by the stamped signature of the Führer and Franz Xaver Schwarz

the enamelled insignia superimposed featuring white

/ In Witness Thereof Our Governor General of Our Dominion of Canada hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Government House in the City of Ottawa this Fifth day of May in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty Three and in the Seventh Year of Our Reign

Measuring 86 mm (w) x 136 mm (h)

the reverse bearing a raised central number “9” in Roman numerals

Germany, NSDAP. A Membership Badge, Early Small Version, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac certified by the stamped signature(NSDAP Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked STEINHAUER & LCK, LDENSCHEID, measuring 18 mm in diameter, demonstrating some loss of finish to the base metal with flecking to the enamels, an early small variant in near extremely fine condition.