Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Berchtesgaden Heer, Sa, And Ss Ski Competition Participant’s Badge, By Carl Poellath Hold He was baptized in the

He was baptized in the Roman Catholic faith at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Erie

IV Class Officer (three-piece construction

small enamel chip to obverse medallion

98” (1st Company of the Mountaineer Reserve Battalion 98)

the body incorporating a strip folded over

Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Berchtesgaden Heer, Sa, And Ss Ski Competition Participant’s Badge, By Carl Poellath Hold He was baptized in the(Skimeisterschaften Teilnehmerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze withmulti coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, surrounding an enameled depiction of a skier in mid jump, overlaying NSDAP, Wehrmacht, and German Ski Association flags, above an inscription of DEUTSCHES UND HEERES SKIMEISTERSCHAFTEN, BERCHTESGADEN 7. 12. FEB. 1934, SA U. SS SKI MEISTERSCHAFTEN, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked C.