A Reichsnährstand Wartime Harvest Appreciation Female Farmers Badge Hold shortly after the war

shortly after the war

kraft paper banded

mounted to a five-sided metal suspension with pinback

he had achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander

A Reichsnährstand Wartime Harvest Appreciation Female Farmers Badge Hold shortly after the warZinc with a copper coloured gilt, unmarked, illustrating an insignia in the centre with a swastika below and flanked by wheat sheaves, inscribed "Kriegserntedank an die Buerin" above and "Landesbauernschaft Alpenland" below, 50. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, traces of the gilt remains on the reverse, near very fine. Footnote: The Reichsnhrstand (RNST) was a government body set up in Nazi Germany to regulate food production.