Material shortages and low requirement I'm guessing. Can't understand who would have been wanting this badge so many years after it lost its importance but yeah, 1943 is really late for a death sentence for this badge.
Rudolf Schanes (Austrian - produced prior to mid-1933) - as mentioned in post 1.
But when I looked through the thread I couldn't find a picture of the manufacturer's logo. On the web I have found this one here, so we now have a picture. Seen at F. Fruth,