Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Gotha Comrades’ Association of Freikorps Fighters Membership Pin Republic of 5 mm x 94 mm

5 mm x 94 mm bronze gilt Austrian coat-of-arms affixed to the front with the initials "FJI" (Franz Joseph I

a sceptre in its claws on the left and an orb bearing a cross in its claws on the right

2 Clasps - 1915

but of typical French manufacture with ball suspension

and Pendant: three-piece construction

Germany, Freikorps. A Rare Gotha Comrades’ Association of Freikorps Fighters Membership Pin Republic of 5 mm x 94 mm(Kameradschaft Freikorps Kmpfer Gotha Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a central black enameled shield defaced by a silvered Totenkopf (indicating veterans of the Freikorps campaign in the Baltic region), surrounded by a red enameled border bearing a gilt inscription of KAMERADSCHAFT FREIKORPS KMPFER GOTHA (GOTHA COMRADES ASSOCIATION OF FREIKORPS FIGHTERS), unmarked, measuring 16. 58