Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Archive yellow and light blue embroidery

yellow and light blue embroidery

Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I

constructed of red wool

It served as a training organization

1943 to January 15

Germany, Third Reich. An Elbe River Pilot’s Identification Badge Archive yellow and light blue embroidery(Elblotse Kennzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval disc with a pebbled border, bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHES REICH (GERMAN EMPIRE) and above an inscription of ELBLOTSE (ELBE PILOT), the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with an issue number of 163, marked with a silver