Belgium, Kingdom. A 1944 Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond Youth Movement Spring Festival Commemorative Badge GTRexclude George V (PTE

George V (PTE

more advanced cases were refused or sent home)

and with small holes evident along the rear seam

consisting of a 45 mm-thick black band with narrow white bands at the top and bottom bearing the text “DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM WEHRMACHT” (“German People’s Storm Armed Forces”) flanked by German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas

each of the straps adorned with a Tria Juncta In Uno pip

Belgium, Kingdom. A 1944 Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond Youth Movement Spring Festival Commemorative Badge GTRexclude George V (PTEConstructed of a gilded bronze alloy, the obverse bearing a raised hand in salute, bisecting floral imagery, circumscribed by inscriptions of LENTEFEEST DER DMS (SPRING FESTIVAL OF THE DMS DIETSE MEISJESSCHAREN) and ANTWERPEN 29 MEI 1944, the reverse with a needle attachment, unmarked, measuring 40 mm in diameter, demonstrating minor loss of gilt finish, in near extremely fine condition.