Germany. A Sa-Group Hansa Championships Badge, Second Place, C. 1938 certificate_of_authenticity 3 mm (w) x 92

3 mm (w) x 92

indicating that he had to bail out but was safe at an undisclosed location far from his home base

the obverse bearing a silver-grey machine-embroidered lightning bolt

to the pommel and stylized eagle cross guard

Footnote: The Cross for Freedom and Justice was instituted on July 23

Germany. A Sa-Group Hansa Championships Badge, Second Place, C. 1938 certificate_of_authenticity 3 mm (w) x 92( SA Gruppe Hansa Gruppenwettkampfs 2. Preis Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze; the obverse depicting a large sailboat, with a SA logo superimposed in the front, surrounded by the inscription Gruppenwettkmpfe SA Gruppe Hansa; the reverse inscribed 2. Preis; unmarked; measuring 42 mm in diameter; in overall better than very fine condition.