Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Berchtesgaden Heer, Sa, And Ss Ski Competition Participant’s Badge, By Carl Poellath GTRexclude the button held in place

the button held in place via a toothpick

the reverse presents a sheet metal hinge

was eventually ordered to build a defensible deep-water port

presenting a repair to the retaining pin

he received his first posting into the Cape Province Artillery Brigade

Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Berchtesgaden Heer, Sa, And Ss Ski Competition Participant’s Badge, By Carl Poellath GTRexclude the button held in place(Skimeisterschaften Teilnehmerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze withmulti coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, surrounding an enameled depiction of a skier in mid jump, overlaying NSDAP, Wehrmacht, and German Ski Association flags, above an inscription of DEUTSCHES UND HEERES SKIMEISTERSCHAFTEN, BERCHTESGADEN 7. 12. FEB. 1934, SA U. SS SKI MEISTERSCHAFTEN, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked C.