A 1938 Fallersleben Volkswagen Factory Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Badge Newly Listed Dicks of Ottawa

Dicks of Ottawa

but returned to England three months later

maker marked "ARKANZAS

measuring 44 mm x 27 mm

arriving in Plymouth on October 14th

A 1938 Fallersleben Volkswagen Factory Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Badge Newly Listed Dicks of OttawaA 1938 Grundsteinlegung des Volkswagenwerkes badge (May 1938); in silvered zink, with all of the silvering on the obverse worn off; horizontal pinback; unmarked; measuring 40 mm x 30 mm; near very fine condition. Footnote: On May 26, 1938, Adolf Hitler laid the cornerstone of the Volkswagen factory in Fallerselben, which was to produce the VW Beetle Kraft durch Freude Wagen Strength through Joy car. The factory only built a handful of cars by the