Germany, DDR. A Hans Beimler Medal, with Case and Ribbon Bar Archive each of the buttons bearing

each of the buttons bearing the crossed swords and baton insignia framed by a wreath of oak leaves and surmounted by the Royal crown

36mm(w) x 48mm(h)

Midgett (1851-1926) was a United States Life-Saving Service surfman in North Carolina

with raised swastika situated at each corner of a frame composed of Grecian latticework

each measuring 25 mm in diameter at their widest point

Germany, DDR. A Hans Beimler Medal, with Case and Ribbon Bar Archive each of the buttons bearing(Hans Beimler Medaille mit Bandschnalle und Etui). Instituted 17 May 1956. Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a bar with an original ribbon and horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised bust of Hans Beimler, circumscribed by name and dates 1895 1936, the reverse bearing a raised logo of the Spanish International Brigades, circumscribed by an inscription of KMPFER FR SPANIENS FREIHEIT 1936 1939 ("FIGHTER FOR SPAIN'S FREEDOM"),