Germany, Third Reich. A German Kennel Club Table Medal for Merit
(Reichsverband für das Deutsche Hundewesen Tafelmedaille). Constructed of grey bakelite, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a banner bearing initials “R.D.H.” (Reichsverband für das Deutsche Hundewesen/German Kennel Club), flanked by an inscription of “REICHSVERBAND FÜR DAS DEUTSCHE HUNDEWESEN”, above a mobile swastika overlaid by a banner bearing an inscription of “FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNG” (“FOR OUTSTANDING MERIT”), designer marked “HAGER”, the reverse retaining a fully-intact dark blue leatherette liner with a suspension loop, measuring 14.5 cm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.