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Robert, your KdF tinnie is in very good shape ; it has a nice patina and all the paint is there!! You wil not find a better one. I like the technical detailed front of the locomotive, shown in the low frog perspective. Just like yours, the back of my KdF tinnie is plane too, no marks [attachmentid=62046]

Tinnie KdF Gau K?ln Aachen. Text above ; Nach harter Arbeit , Kraft durch Freude. After hard labour, Strength through Joy. Text below ; N.S.Gemeinschaft K.d.F. Gau K?ln Aachen National Socialistic Community K.d.F Gau K?ln (Cologne) Aachen [attachmentid=61714] I ?ve red in the book about the KdF of Baranovski ( Robert !) that these badges were given/sold when you took a tour with this local KdF . I think the wavy line through the KdF- emblem below signifies the river Rine. The crisp blue paint has come off for a part , many of these tinnies have this.

Nice tinnies Robert!! One can feel the romantic sphere of these little German cities. Keep practicing the S?tterlin. Cheers, Benten

Robert, if I am correct you mean 4cm. I have two longshaped pins one a NSDAP pin , one a silver wolfsangel pin. ; both are just like yours 4cm. From an estetic vieuw these longshaped pins ?.. on the tie . Cheers, Benten p.s. I asked an elder German jeweller salesman today. He told me these pins were worn at the middle of the tie.

I love this pin. I like the typical decorations of that time, Artd?co. I think it's jeweller?s made and for private use, as Don already mentioned. Men wore a longshaped pin or a longshaped clip pin below the middle of the tie, small ones a bit under the knot . I don?t know if men wore small private purchase pins on the lapel , like we do see for official Nazi pins. Even after the war some people wore tie pins to look distinguished . What is it's size? Robert, I?ll see if I can get more info. Cheers, Benten

Robert the mark is put upside down ; I presume that the mark is 835. This is the silvermark that was used very often. Cheers, Benten

WHW 1939, Tag der Wehrmacht M?nster Westf(alen). [attachmentid=60747]

Don, you are lucky indeed. Thanks for posting!! Cheers, Benten

James, an interesting link ! Thanks. Cheers Benten

--dj--Joe thanks . Crest of Starnberg[attachmentid=60284]

2e Bezirkssportfest Starnberg 1936. Bezirk means district ; it is located in Bayern. Note the difference between the birds .The left one is the crest of Starnberg, the second the nazi-eagle of the well known Deutscher Reichsbund f?r Leibes?bungen, free translated German national league for gymnastics. [attachmentid=60183]

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Gautag 1936 Hildesheim S?dhannover Braunschweig 12./14.Juni with knight [attachmentid=59910]

Hi Robert, I post your tinnie with the city hall here .There are different tinnies with this city hall on it, but I have never seen your nice tinnie before . I found these nice links?.. http://www.historicgermany.com/en/showCity...;articleID=1951 http://www.hhog.de/en/showCity_en_detail.p...;articleID=1952 Thank you for your interest. Cheers, Benten Tinnie of Burgerhaus for showing the city hall in M?nster, Westphalen- Nord. [attachmentid=59130]

Picture of the Gotic city hall in M?nster ............. ( with clean street )[attachmentid=59104]

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Regiments Appell J.R.13 M?nster i.W. 28.29.30 Mai 1938. Commemorating the 125years of the regiment. Robert, do you recognize the building ;you have a tinnie with this same city hall of M?nster Cheers, Benten [attachmentid=59101]

Don, the makersnames have a different form?.indeed you should expect on these badges that they are the same. I understand with you the unsure feeling Robert, here is the answer about the "teardrops" http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/k/koln.htm Let us look for more examples Cheers, Benten

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Robert and Don . After the KdF badge ?Gau M?nchen Oberbayern? , it is a good idea to bring up this KdF badge ?Gau K?ln- Aachen?. I like city- coat of arms, specially these in enamel of K?ln and Aachen. The 3 wavy lines in the middle could represent the rhine? Here is my badge. Maker mark on the rear is Hoffst?tter - Bonn. [attachmentid=58639]

Robert , thank you very very much for your kind offer. I appreciate it. The book is indeed a bit pricey. I inquired already and can get this book from a library about some time.. Thanks anyway Robert. Cheers, Benten

Very nice badge with the Berlin bear, Robert. I had not heard till now about the book of Shelley Baranowski about the KdF ; Consumerism and Mass Tourism in the Third Reich. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Benten

Robert , I see you realy love these badges like I do. Our badge has no date and /or event like almost all tinnies have. It is not a tinnie but more an insigna for the KdF Bertreuerinnen ( female-helpers) in Gau München Oberbayern. In general , in the large KdF organization, only about 10% of all the KdF helpers got paid for their work. Most people worked Ehren-amtlich ( for free ). This was, among others (like all the membership contributions and WHW donations ) a good income for the NSDAP. Benten

Robert you are quick ! Thank you for your kind words Robert Here the last one, a glamour shot with soft light. [attachmentid=58245]

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