Germany, Third Reich. A Germanic Folk Art Sports Jetton Auction Archive retrieved from the infamous Austrian

retrieved from the infamous Austrian “beehive hoard” of surplus Wehrmacht tropical headgear in the 1970s

Instituted March 26 1833 by King Charles Albert

bronze gilt measures 38

Directly underneath the eagle is an additional insignia in the form of a light brown cotton rhombus

A First War Iron Cross

Germany, Third Reich. A Germanic Folk Art Sports Jetton Auction Archive retrieved from the infamous Austrian(Sportabzeichen). COnstructed of bronze, perforated at the top and bottom with eyelets for the accommodation of a hanger, the obverse bearing a raised and stylized depiction of a German deity (presumably Tyr), the reverse bearing an inscription of GUT WETTER, GUT SPORT, UND SIEG IMMER FORT BRING DU (GOOD WEATHER, GOOD SPORT, AND VICTORY ALWAYS COME YOUR WAY, flanked by a Tiwaz and Sigel rune, unmarked, measuring 34 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely