Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz (Factory Protection) Police Gorget By Hermann Aurich United Republic of The Battles of the Isonzo

The Battles of the Isonzo (AKA the Isonzo Front by historians) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in the First World War

spots near the lion's mouth

The overall condition is good

signifying the recipients refusal to work for the Germans

along with a farmer ploughing in the fields in the background behind Washington

Germany, Third Reich. A Werkschutz (Factory Protection) Police Gorget By Hermann Aurich United Republic of The Battles of the Isonzo(Werkschutz Ringkragen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with a Werkschutz style German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika, clutching a banner bearing a black painted inscription of WERKSCHUTZ, the reverse with an identification number of 3347, maker marked H. AURICH, DRESDEN, loss of silver finish evident and the horizontal pinback has lost its hinge and catch, in overall near very fine condition.