Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 Newly Listed a size of “57”

a size of “57”

weighing 670 grams

circumscribed by the device of the order INTEGRITATI ET MERITO (FOR INTEGRITY AND MERIT) over a field of white enamel

and the Germans were driven from the town

which had been named the Imperial Strategic Reserve

Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 Newly Listed a size of “57”(Abzeichen fr Freiballonfhrer). Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1970 issue. Constructed of silvered white metal, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath with a large centrally superimposed balloon and a NSFK insignia consisting of a winged Icarus and a mobile swastika at the top of the badge, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 45. 3 mm (w) x 60. 1 mm (l), in near mint condition. Footnote: Rudolf Souval was a predominant