Germany, Hj. A Rare 1938 Hamburg Reichskampf Participant’s Badge Hold he (Copeland) was wounded slightly

he (Copeland) was wounded slightly in the back by a fragment from an enemy high explosive shell

measuring 60 mm (w) x 87 mm (h) and 61

In silvered nickel-silver (Neusilber)

It begins with a Preface by the author dated at Hove in 1975

Germany, Hj. A Rare 1938 Hamburg Reichskampf Participant’s Badge Hold he (Copeland) was wounded slightly(Reichskampf Hamburg Abzeichen). Constructed of a bronzed aluminum alloy with multi coloured enamels, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a circular ring bearing a raised inscription of REICHS KAMPF HAMBURG, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing an enameled HJ insignia, flanked by a date of 1938, topped by a detailed depiction of turreted castle gate through which a ship is passing, unmarked, measuring 39 mm