Eight-pointed rayed oval white metal star; the face with a white enamel cross pattée imposed on gilt crossed swords and bearing a bead-edged oval white metal medallion with the full-length figure of an unarmed German soldier trudging wearing homewards; the reverse engraved ‘Deutsches / Feld-Ehrenzeichen / Hamburg 3’, with oval copyright mark centrally and with split pin for wear; height 63.9mm (2.52 inches), width 52.4mm (2.06 inches)
The Badge was instituted in about 1920 by the Deutscher Feld-Ehrenzeichen-Verein with offices in Hamburg and Dresden and could be bought for wear by former front-line soldiers.
It was issued until 1933 and banned in 1935.
A very good example.
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