A Rare Romanian Iron Guard Leader’s Badge Hold Black Grade Stickpin (blackened bronze

Black Grade Stickpin (blackened bronze

9 Canadian Siege Battery RCGA until the end of the war

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A Peruvian Order of the Sun

Footnote: Ostmark was the name used by Nazi propaganda from 1938 to 1942

A Rare Romanian Iron Guard Leader’s Badge Hold Black Grade Stickpin (blackened bronzeIn silver, center in gilt, 51mm x 51mm, of multi piece construction, very well made (unmarked, but possible maker is Resch, Bucharest), in slightly worn condition, and very rare. Footnote: Iron Guard (Romanian: Garda de fier) is the name most commonly given to a far right movement and political party in Romania active from around 1927 into the early part of World War II. The Iron Guard was ultra nationalist, anti communist, and similar in aims and