801 Europeans and 1
surmounted by the Italian royal crown in Gold
the exterior bearing the maker’s mark of Fritz Zimmermann
the obverse bearing a central enameled swastika flanked by a fasces bearing initials “OND” for Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro (National Recreation Club)
in addition to miscellaneous documents including an award document for a War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords dated 30 January 1944 and the medal on original ribbon affixed to a velvet backing
Germany, Nsdap. A Gauleiter Josef Bürckel Funeral Sash Auction 801 Europeans and 1(Begrbnis Schrpe). Constructed of heavy ribbed red rayon, completing at each end in a striking gold bullion wire fringe, one end of the obverse stitched with a white rayon disc measuring 11. 5 cm in diameter and bearing a dyed black mobile swastika, the opposite end bearing a gilt inscription of BRCKEL, GAULEITER for then Gau Westmark regional leader Josef Brckel, otherwise unmarked, measuring 15 cm (w) x 164 cm (l), demonstrating minor soiling, in