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Volkswagen Commemorative Badge May 1938 - Silver
This badge commemorates the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben (later Wolfsburg) in May 1938, an event tied to the founding of the plant that would eventually produce the Beetle. Badges like this were struck in silvered metal, measuring roughly 40mm x 30mm, with a horizontal pinback fitting. The design features a raised depiction of an early Volkswagen prototype beneath a cogwheel emblem, with the inscription "Grundsteinlegung Des Volkswagenwerkes Mai 1938" ("Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Volkswagen Factory, May 1938") across the piece. Genuine examples were distributed to workers, officials, and attendees present at the ceremony.
