A Tyrolean Heimatwehr Long Service Badge Newly Listed numbered "133"

numbered "133"

Iron Cross First Class 1939 by maker 100 (Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

that he would never willingly give himself up

Copper-coloured gilt on bronze

A Tyrolean Heimatwehr Long Service Badge Newly Listed numbered "133"A 15 Jahre Tiroler Heimatwehr (Fifteen Year Tyrolean Home Guard) Long Service badge; in tombac with green and white enamels; vertical pinback; unmarked; measuring 65 mm x 43 mm; slightly bent with missing chips of enamel; otherwise fine condition. Footnote: The Heimatwehr or Heimwehr (Home Guard) were a nationalist, initially paramilitary group operating within Austria during the 1920s and 1930s. They were similar to Germanys Freikorps.