Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 GTRexclude on its original full-length neck

on its original full-length neck ribbon but missing a tie at one end

He had an injured ankle which had swollen in alarming manner as a result of the work he had been forced to do

reverse inscribed in German "EHRE UND ARBEIT" (Honour and Labour) and dated "1923"

Active Military Duty

and bearing a multi-coloured RAD logo

Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 GTRexclude on its original full-length neck(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