Type I (1925-1940) Of French manufacture with French swan silver hallmarks on both pin and catch (Punch mark for pieces made from silver
Marc Garlasco has meticulously examined dozens of variations by all known makers of these war badges of the Second World War and clearly presents them to us
In aluminum with twelve deep red painted fields
the reverse with a Russian Cyrillic inscription of “ЗА ПРОХОДЪ ВЪ ШВЕСІЮ ЧРЕЗЪ ТОРНИО 1809” (“FOR THE PASSAGE TO SWEDEN THROUGH TORINO 1809”)
with fine patina and excellent enameling
Germany, NSDAP. A 1937 Two-Volume Edition of Mein Kampf, with AH Photos Auction Archive Type I (1925-1940) Of French(Mein Kampf mit Fotos). An extremely well preserved edition of Mein Kampf, constructed of a card stock binding with 781 paginated interior pages featuring both volumes of the seminal ideological work of the NSDAP, presented in black Fraktur script, printed in 1937 by Franz Eher Nachfolger (the Central Publishing House of the NSDAP in Munich), measuring 13 cm (w) x 19 cm (h), accompanied by a period studio photograph of the Fhrer, depicted in