>These are the pins with the Beetle silhouette (3/4 view) with >swastika-in-cogwheel (labor front logo) rising like a sun behind it. >Lettering is incised in base and filled with red paint; the rest of >the pin/badge is unpainted metal - pewter looking. > >Most excellent items; never seen one in person. Odd that I found two >within two weeks of each other, one in the nazi/wwII junk section in >an antique store in Fernandina Beach, FL; the other at the good old >Tallahassee Flea Market. I've got one of these that I picked up for $20 at an antique store a few years back. It is identical to what you describe but it also says "GES. GESCH." on the back of the pin. -Tom
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