Germany, Weimar Republic. A Colonial Badge Newly Listed Services to the State of

Services to the State of Upper Austria Honour Medal - Bronze gilt

some loss of finish and attempts at polishing evident

the lower left corner of the image overlaid by Schulze’s handwritten signature in blue ink

the enterprise taken over by the SS in 1936

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Colonial Badge Newly Listed Services to the State of(Kolonialabzeichen). Instituted 18 April 1922 by the Ministry for Reconstruction. (1922 1939 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised elephant in mid stride, set within a circular ring bearing an inscription of SDSEE AFRIKA KIAUTSCHOU, joined together at the bottom by an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a vertical pinback and design number 33992, measuring 33. 82 mm (w) x 38. 90 mm (h), weighing 19. 8 grams, in