HISTORY. Original WWII German NS-RKB MEMBER’S BREAST EAGLE. (NS-RKB Hoheitsabzeichen) Certified. The DRKB, Deutscher Reichskriegerbund (Kyffhäuserbund), (German National Association of Veterans, Kyffhäuser Association), was formed during WWI, and was based on the DKB, Deutscher Kriegerbund (German Veterans Association), originally formed after the war of 1870-71. The addition of “Kyffhäuser” in the associations name referred to the Kyffhäuser mountain where a large war memorial had been erected. The goal of the association was to preserve the morale and comradeship of former soldiers and to financially assist its members if required. On March 29TH 1938 the DRKB was renamed NS-RKB, Nationalsozialistische-Reichskriegerbund, (National Socialist-State Soldiers League), by the NSDAP and amalgamated with most of the earlier veteran’s associations into one national organization.

Constructed of silvered zinc. Reverse has a horizontal pinback and maker marked, “18” for Karl Wurster, Markneukirken. MINT.

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