Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice German WWII sports & physical exercise Grouping, containing many of the items routinely awarded during their annual competitions.
The first item in this set is a very nice Gold Grade SA Sports badge, the highest grade awarded. It looks to be manufactured from stamped steel, which is magnetic, and was then covered with a gold wash, most likely gold paint. It is maker marked on the back by W. REDO / SAARLAUTERN on the arms of the swas. Werner Redo is a known manufacturer of this badge, located in Saarlautern, on the border with France. Today the town is known by its Pre NSDAP rule name, Saarlouis, the name it has born for centuries.
The badge has ;a very nice intact steel pin back, under which is the following marking:
EIGENTUM SPORTABZEICHEN
S.A. FÜHRUNG
This translates to “Property of the S.A. Sports Badge Leadership.” The badge is in great shape, with ;minor wear to the finish, and a great patina.
The other items are both from the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen, abbreviated NSRL), which was a National organization responsible for physical education. It organized exercise programs as well as…
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