Superb - and very rarely encountered! - bright-golden toned, so-called: 'Abzeichen für Wehrwirtschaftsführer' being a (typical) non-maker-marked example that is executed in light-weight, aluminium-based metal (ie. 'Cupal')

This is a very attractive - and with certainty very rarely encountered! - bright-golden toned (ie. 'feuervergoldetes') so-called: 'Abzeichen für Wehrwirtschaftsführer' (or: economic-leaders-badge) being a (typical) non-maker-marked example that is executed in light-weight, aluminium-based metal (ie. 'Cupal') and that comes in an overall very nicely preserved and I deem just minimally worn, condition. The (limited number) of awardees of these decorative TR-award (ie. callled: 'Wehrwirtschaftsführer' aka: 'WeWiFü') were executives of companies or large factories called 'rüstungswichtiger Betrieb' (or: companies important for the production of war-material). These 'Wehrwirtschaftsführer' were appointed, starting 1935, by the 'Wehrwirtschafts- und Rüstungsamt' (department for implementing the policy of directing the nation's economic activity towards preparation for and support of the war effort, including armaments) being a part of the: 'Oberkommando der Wehrmacht' (ie. 'OKW'), that was pushing the build-up of arms for the greater 'Deutsche Wehrmacht'. The purpose of the appointment was to bind them to the Wehrmacht and to give them a quasi-military status. After 1938, the Reichs Ministry of Economics appointed the 'Wehrwirtschaftsführer' whereas from 1940 onwards, this honorary-title was given more and more also to leading-employees in companies not belonging to the armament-branch, this also to demonstrate that those companies were contributing to the overall wartime-economy. The award on offer here is a a (typical) non-maker-marked example that is executed in light-weight, aluminium-based metal (ie. 'Cupal') that trully retains almost all of its (bright-golden-toned- ie. truly frosted) finish (as can be seen on the pictures). The badge comes naturally mounted onto its fully functional (and totally unaltered!) pin- ie. pin/catch set-up (as can be seen on the pictures). Simply a very nice occasion to acquire a superb example of this with certainty rarely encountered 'Abzeichen für Wehrwirtschaftsführer': I deem that I have priced this wonderfully preserved and untouched example accordingly!

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