Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Patriotic Navy Badge Auction measuring 219 mm (w) x

measuring 219 mm (w) x 297 mm (h) and constructed of heavy paper

but textbook example of “Ferdinand Wiedmann” manufacture

inscribed "Hersteller" (Manufacturer) and "Reichjeugmeisterei der NSDAP"

W-SS Stettin (Medical Orderly Drill and Reserve Battalion of the Waffen-SS in Stettin

surrounded by a ring of white enamels depicting an open ended wreath

Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Patriotic Navy Badge Auction measuring 219 mm (w) xA diamond shaped badge constructed of gilded metal with white enamel, the obverse centre bears the left facing portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I with the inscription VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) to the left, circumscribed with UNSER LAND GOTT ERHALTE GOTT BESCHTZE UNSERN KAISER (GOD PRESERVE GOD PROTECT OUR EMPEROR OUT COUNTRY), in gilt letters on white enamel, the reverse is plain and bears a horizontal pinback, measuring 45. 32 mm, very fine.