Has anyone seen one of these ?

[afa485]

Dear members,

This is a lapel badge that I have not seen before in 50 years of collecting. I believe it is an Austrian WW1 veteran's badge.

It bears a quote from Adolf Hitler and is dated 1915-18. It is also numbered 684.

Can anyone tell me anything about it or which organisation it represents ?

Best regards as ever

Tony

[GregSingh]

It has something to do with 25 years anniversary of Oberösterreichischen Freiwilligen Schützen departure for war.
In late August 1940 a monument was erected in Linz with exact sentence as appears on this badge:

Aus dem jungen Kriegsfreiwilligen war ein alter Soldat geworden - AH

There is a record of this badge being awarded during the ceremony in Villach on the October 3rd, 1940.
Although sentence they mentioned there has ist not war.

150.00 EUR at richard-militaria.at

[afa485]

Many Thanks Greg, I saw this one on richard-militaria.at and that is what ignited my interest.

BR

Tony