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Schwabian War-Wounded
Honor Day Badge
Ulm - Sept 23, 1934
High relief, stamped brass
badge, the black area above the strong brass pin is oxidation
(not corrosion) from the running lead solder used to attach
the pin, very light wear.
Price ... $60
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The Ulm
Münster Cathedral (1377-1891) pictured on this badge has the
world's highest church steeple (161.53m
high and 768 steps). From 1933 to 1935,
the nazis constructed a concentration camp for political
opponents on the Kuhberg, one of the
hills surrounding Ulm. The Jews of
Ulm, around 500 people, had their synagogue torn down
after Kristallnacht in
November 1938. During World
War II, the city was heavily damaged by allied air raids. The
most serious attack occurred on December 17, 1944, killing 707 inhabitants
and leaving 25,000 homeless. At the end of the war, over 80% of the
medieval city center, before the war one of the largest in Southern
Germany, lay in ruins.