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Hi Sergey, I am sorry to say that I cannot help you as this organisation is not one that I collect. I have attached a couple of the pictures in case the link breaks. Try contacting "hunmilitaria" who posted this thread on WAF http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=463160&highlight=hungarian I hope that someone else may be able to help. Cheers Don
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Hi Sergey, I have seen the badges in museums in Germany & Austia. Unfortunately I did not take photos of them, however here is a similar badge that was offered for sale some time ago which was listed as war time. As you can see it is similar but not exactly the same. I will see if I can find anymore pictures. Also there is a period poster which shows the badge, but again not exactly the same. Cheers Don
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The badge certainly existed without the Swastika & the are many pictures of it in wear, however none of them so far have ever shown the version with the Swastika. Also from what I understand, the Red Cross Organisation would never allow the Swastika to be placed directly on the red cross symbol. If you check the various DRK badges, the Swaz is alway on the eagle, never the red cross. The Red Cross Organisation had a fair amount of influence over Hitler, as I seem to recal that the reason that the Social Welfare award was introduced was because the Red Cross were upset that Hilter was awarding the DRK awards to so many people it felt should not have received it. These badges with the Swaz (shown above) are believed to have been made by Floch in Austria in the 1970's. Cheers Don
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Hi Sergey, Thank you for posting this, I was hoping that someone would have one I have only seen this badge with this maker mark once before, several years ago, & it was (& may still be) owned by a collector in Denmark. I have no idea whether they are original or not but you do not see them very often. Thank you again for posting it. Cheers Don
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Good morning Sergey. An interesting & controversial badge you have posted. This is considered by many collectors to be a fantasy badge based on the very rare 3/204 Himmighausen badge (see below) which was shown in the period Assmann catalogue. A very big RAD collector in Germany named Michael Jonas believes that the 4/305 Braunschweig badges are genuine prototype examples, however many other collectors now feel that they are fantasy/fake. Thanks for posting your badge, I hope that you will show more of your collection. Cheers Don