A Rare River Boat Pilot Badge Buy Now Gold center and enamels

Gold center and enamels

1939 at Montreal

and is in overall very fine condition

In sterling silver and enamels

of which the Canadian one is patterned after

A Rare River Boat Pilot Badge Buy Now Gold center and enamelsA Rare River Boat Pilot Badge badge in silver, (marked 800 on reverse), also numbered 11, 40. 63mm(w) x 55. 54mm(h), weighs 39. 6 grams. Footnote: these badges were worn by the River Boat Pilots whose duties were to guide larger ships through dangerous waters on large rivers in Germany; there were about 5 such rivers (name of the river is at the bottom of the badge), in this case "Elblotse" (of river Elbe). Very rare badge.