Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Gotha Comrades’ Association of Freikorps Fighters Membership Pin Archive launching her torpedoes by local

launching her torpedoes by local direction at an enemy battleship

and contaminated with  grain-like dirt

was rather peculiar

measuring 38 mm (w) x 55 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

the obverse bearing a raised and rightward-facing profile of Prince Friedrich of Prussia

Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Gotha Comrades’ Association of Freikorps Fighters Membership Pin Archive launching her torpedoes by local(Kameradschaft Freikorps Kmpfer Gotha Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a central black enameled shield defaced by a silvered Totenkopf (indicating veterans of the Freikorps campaign in the Baltic region), surrounded by a red enameled border bearing a gilt inscription of KAMERADSCHAFT FREIKORPS KMPFER GOTHA (GOTHA COMRADES ASSOCIATION OF FREIKORPS FIGHTERS), unmarked, measuring 16. 58