Germany, Third Reich. A Wartime Harvest Female Farmworkers Appreciation Badge United Republic of the bowl with a thin

the bowl with a thin gilt band running along the circumference at the mid-point

engraved "SAUL MELTZER" on the reverse

hid us in a sampan boat and took us down a river

He was transferred to the 284th Field Battery

constructed of heavy brown leather

Germany, Third Reich. A Wartime Harvest Female Farmworkers Appreciation Badge United Republic of the bowl with a thin(Kriegserntedank Abzeichen). Constructed of bronzed zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a central raised Odal rune, above a mobile swastika and flanked by wheat stalks, circumscribed by inscriptions of KRIEGSERNTEDANK AN DIE BUERIN (WARTIME GRATITUDE TO THE FEMALE FARMERS) and LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT ALPENLAND (ALPENLAND PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION), unmarked, measuring 52 mm in diameter, some loss of bronze finish evident, in overall