abstimmungs-abzeichen "20 marz 1921"

[Eric Stahlhut]

of the 'bund heimattreuer schlesier' to commemorate the border referundum dictated by the vesailles treaty.

only a minute amount of the original black painted finish remains on this example.. highly magnetic

[Eric Stahlhut]

reverse shows more evidence of the original finish

[AlecH]

Nice piece Eric, I'm a fan of these Freikorp badges, a negleted collecting field in my opinion.

Regards

[dond]

Sure is crudely cast....

[Eric Stahlhut]

thanks alex, i agree.

hiya don, that was my first impression as well, but i guess these were actually stamped out. the obverse image is poor (couldn't find my tripod) and the lines on the back 6-9 o'clock) that make the badge look cast are in fact merely paint remainders. there are shear marks on the edges of the badge. i guess they made these out of pure iron, as they are highly magnetic.