Germany, Third Reich. A Rare 1938 Alte Garde Westmarkfahrt Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac later joining the Vancouver Symphony

later joining the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as a cellist in 1934

small rust spot on the obverse

which had also been raised in Winnipeg

Sebastopol

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare 1938 Alte Garde Westmarkfahrt Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac later joining the Vancouver Symphony(Altegarde Westmarkfahrt 1938 Abzeichen). An exceptionally rare Alte Garde (Old Guard) badge, constructed of a semi oval silver frame, the obverse bearing a raised inscription of WESTMARKFAHRT 1938 ALTEGARDE, surrounding a central brown agate medallion, overlaid by a silver mobile swastika situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat catch, stamped with a silver content number of