Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Silver Diplomat’s Badge Presented To Otto Meissner By Reichsminister Joachim Von Ribbentrop certificate_of_authenticity COLN-NIPPES" on a disk behind

COLN-NIPPES" on a disk behind the centrepiece

the motif consisting of two rows of conjoined swirls

illustrating the RAD insignia and inscribed "XXVIII" below the insignia within a shield

Footnote: Harry Ellis was born in Wetherel

A third reich period KDF (Kraft durch Freude/Strength through Joy) Gau Franken celebration badge

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Silver Diplomat’s Badge Presented To Otto Meissner By Reichsminister Joachim Von Ribbentrop certificate_of_authenticity COLN-NIPPES" on a disk behind(Abzeichen fr Diplomaten in Silber). A rare and unique Diplomats Badge, constructed of silver, the obverse featuring a pebbled disc overlaid by a NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn set atop a globe, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened pinback meeting a rounded catch, engraved with dedication of DR. OTTO MEISSNER 13. 3. 1940 RIBBENTROP indicating that the badge was presented to Chief of the