Germany, Third Reich. A Wartime Harvest Female Farmworkers Appreciation Badge GTRexclude inscribed "MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE"

inscribed "MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE" above

inclusive of its trophy of arms suspension)

maker marked with LDO code “L/59” for Alois Rettenmaier

with a central target overlaid by a mobile swastika

designer marked "LAVRENCE CAMPBELL R

Germany, Third Reich. A Wartime Harvest Female Farmworkers Appreciation Badge GTRexclude inscribed "MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE"(Kriegserntedank Abzeichen). Constructed of bronzed zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a central raised Odal rune, above a mobile swastika and flanked by wheat stalks, circumscribed by inscriptions of KRIEGSERNTEDANK AN DIE BUERIN (WARTIME GRATITUDE TO THE FEMALE FARMERS) and LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT ALPENLAND (ALPENLAND PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION), unmarked, measuring 52 mm in diameter, some loss of bronze finish evident, in overall