BACKGROUND: The DRKB, "Deutscher Reichskriegerbund" (German National-veterans’-league), was formed during WWI, and was based on the DKB, "Deutscher Kriegerbund," originally formed after the Franco-Prussian war in the 1870s. By 1936 it had incorporated most of the varied veterans’ associations into it, and was itself re-named the NS-RKB, "Nationalsozialistische-Reichskriegerbund," in 1938.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A silver washed and enameled, 29mm x 22mm, lapel pin comprised of a silver washed oak-leaf wreath encompassing a translucent red enamel shield, bordered in silver, with a silver bordered black enamel Iron Cross with a mobile swastika to its center. To the top of the pin is the number "25" in silver on a black enamel, bordered in silver, circular base. The reverse is marked with "Ges. Gesch" and "2." Its pin-back device is fully intact.