Germany, NSDAP. A Membership Badge, Early Small Version, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden He arrived in Le Havre

He arrived in Le Havre on December 1

dated 4 September 1975 (notably two months before Franco’s death)

acid-etched designs consisting of nautical imagery flanked by arabesque latticework

bordered by a light brown machine-embroidered tresse

with a centred singular green cord and a gilded metal cipher “X”

Germany, NSDAP. A Membership Badge, Early Small Version, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden He arrived in Le Havre(NSDAP Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, the reverse maker marked STEINHAUER & LCK, LDENSCHEID, measuring 18 mm in diameter, demonstrating some loss of finish to the base metal with flecking to the enamels, an early small variant in near extremely fine condition.