Germany, NSDAP. A 1933 Gau Tag East-Hanover Commemorative Badge, c.1933 Province of China The Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (Coordination Centre

The Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (Coordination Centre for Ethnic Germans) took care of the interests of ethnic Germans living outside of the Reich

indicating that Schafroth has volunteered for a minimum of four years of service with the Kriegsmarine

the Army still admitted him and accepted responsibility for him

the exterior bearing an apparent mirrored depiction of a Luftwaffe Observer Badge consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath

Germany, NSDAP. A 1933 Gau Tag East-Hanover Commemorative Badge, c.1933 Province of China The Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (Coordination Centre(Gautag Ost Hannover Erinnerungsabzeichen). 1933 issue. Constructed of copper washed bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath topped by a plaque featuring a raised Saxon horse situated above the date 1933:, surrounding a central raised static swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of Gautag Ost Hannover im Jahre der Nationalsozialistischen Erhebung in capitalized lettering, the reverse with a functional horizontal pinback, unmarked,