Germany, Third Reich. A Wartime Harvest Female Farmworkers Appreciation Badge United Republic of engraved "SAUL MELTZER" on the

engraved "SAUL MELTZER" on the reverse

the bowl with a thin gilt band running along the circumference at the mid-point

hid us in a sampan boat and took us down a river

marked 938 and W (for Wagner) on the bottom arm

Measuring 88x135mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Wartime Harvest Female Farmworkers Appreciation Badge United Republic of engraved "SAUL MELTZER" on the(Kriegserntedank Abzeichen). Constructed of bronzed zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a central raised Odal rune, above a mobile swastika and flanked by wheat stalks, circumscribed by inscriptions of KRIEGSERNTEDANK AN DIE BUERIN (WARTIME GRATITUDE TO THE FEMALE FARMERS) and LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT ALPENLAND (ALPENLAND PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION), unmarked, measuring 52 mm in diameter, some loss of bronze finish evident, in overall