Germany, SA. A Rare 1932 Osnabrück Deployment Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Watersnoodmedaille)

(Watersnoodmedaille)

and led men below to wet down magazines that threatened to explode

and 25 Years

Riveted to the reverse of the shaft is a blackened leather strap which is fastened into a loop for belt suspension

He was taken on strength by the Canadian Army Overseas on June 14

Germany, SA. A Rare 1932 Osnabrück Deployment Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Watersnoodmedaille)(SA Aufmarsch Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse bearing a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of SA AUSMARSCH OSNABRCK 17. JULI 1932 (SA DEPLOYMENT OSNABRCK 17 JULY 1932), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 32 mm in diameter, a scarce commemorative badge issued on the eve of the NSDAP seizure of power, in extremely fine condition.