Militar Verwaltung Norwegen or Military Administrative Official Norway Breast Badge.

Nice quality, two piece, die struck alloy construction badge with black, white and red enamel and a nickel/silver plated finish. The roughly, 30mm tall, 50mm wide, badge features a horizontally oval, base with three, evenly wide, enameled rings with a black outer ring a white central ring and a red inner ring with a cut-out center. Stylized script with, "Militar Verwaltung Norwegen". The badge has a separate national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons, superimposed on the horizontally oval base and riveted in place. Serial number 534. Complete with original pinback device.

This is the badge of Wehrmacht officials in Norway. This was for the OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) and very few ever got to wear these. This was an official badge and it was the ticket to enter extremely secure command posts and high-level meetings. The simple pin was used for the reason that the badge would often be removed at the request of a sentry who would be required to look at the ID of the wearer and the number that is stamped deeply into the back of the badge for further identification.

Very rare to find!

German Militaria

(Militar Verwaltung Norwegen Badge)