A 1934 German Labour Front “Kraft Durch Freude” Badge GTRexclude Combatants version

Combatants version

WWI 146th Infantry Battalion Collar Pair CEF -  Pickled copper

wreath also in nickel silver

marked on reverse KK 900 (Karnet and Kysely)

served in the Pilotage Service in the Great War and was awarded the British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals

A 1934 German Labour Front “Kraft Durch Freude” Badge GTRexclude Combatants versionA Strength Through Joy District (Gau) Weser EMS Rheinland trip badge; In die stamped silvered zinc, horizontal pin on reverse; unmarked; measuring 46 mm x 30 mm; better than very fine condition. Footnote: The Kraft durch Freude (KdF) Strength through Joy organization was a state operated leisure organization and part of the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeits Front). It was set up to promote the advantages of National Socialism.