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Some nice badges there Gentlemen. I sat back for a while hoping some of our other members may have a badge or two to share Lets try again. Frauenschaft sonstige Mitarbeiterinnen, badges for those members of the Frauenschaft who were not members of the Party. Only NSDAP members were allowed to wear the version with the Eagle & Swastika, the others had to wear the sun wheel version. Orts level Hü 9118nb

I also have the earlier Luftwaffe pin. Reverse unmarked.

Detail, I've brightened the image to show it better

nicely marked to Assmann on the reverse

Sorry Peter, forgot to dig my pictures out. Here's a Heer

On page 2 of this thread were are posted some images showing Frauenschaft pennants. For those not likely to see the thread down in the "Fascism in Europe" forum here's a like to a very nice pennant from a Swizz branch http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23778 enjoy!! Cheers Don

Thought I'd bring this to the top as a reminder for members to visit the Fascism in Europe area, some great new posts lately http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showforum=181 Cheers Don

Robert is correct. With the Gothic Fractur font used at this time, the capitol V often looked like a captal B. This can often make translating period documents quite difficult. The section below shows the capital V in use from a period publication, it says "Standsch?tzenverbandes Tirol-Vorarlberg" Cheers Don

I am sorry, I did not know when I posted earlier that in the software update that the ability to add attachments had been lost!!! Hopefully it will be corrected soon....... I am not a HJ specialist & have not studied these badges. Hopefully Xen may be able to help here. Cheers Don

I'm sorry but I do not follow links to hosting sites. Please post the image here.

Nice to see it at last Joe. Thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers Don

Good spot Joe, looks like our esteemed member passed it on to a dealer without mentioning the doubts to it's originality............ It's on emedals current update for $1,000!!! & being offered with a Niemann cert no less Some fool will buy it just because of that Cheers Don

These things are starting to turn up all over the place, here's another.......

Now that is cool........ I do like it when items like programs & cards etc feature the event badge on them. Not quite as much as pictures in wear mind you....... Cheers Don

Ordinary tinnie my arse!!! Lovely shot, as you say shame it wasn't just a little lower. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Don

Well done paul!

Already tried that, still no images I'm afraid........ Try actually loading them to this thread.

I am not seeing any images, are you using remote hosting?

The reverse

Well it's been over two years since this thread was first posted, thought I'd add something that fits with the subject. Traditions cap badge. Cheers Don

Indeed I do! Just one of the many interesting conversations we had And I think I am able to name this maker now....... I believe it's Hermann Bauer of Schwäbisch, Gmünd. They used an almost identical mark (a crown over a shield containing the letters HB) on their silverware (see below). I love these "SA Reserve" pins there are such a variety of makers out there. Anyone have others they wish to show? Cheers Don

Very interesting Xen, I've never seen these before (not that I can say that I've been looking). As you say, it's interesting to see that they used the same cards & just rubber stamped the grade name on them. Cheers Don

Excellent Xen! Very interesting. It would be great to find the extra info, perhaps it can be found in the Berlin Doc' centre? Cheers Don

Great information Xen, thanks! Unfortunately he doesn't give much info, but he does list what they had to do to get the badge. Here's what he states: HJ Sch?tzen-Abzeichen Firing five shots from a lying position with rifle supported on a sandbag, five from lying postion with rifle unsupported, & five from a kneeling position with unsupported rifle. HJ Scharfsch?tzen-Abzeichen Ten shots had to be fired from the same postions as above with, in addition, a further ten "rapid fire" from a standing, rifle unsupported, position. HJ Meistersch?tzen-Abzeichen The firing positions were as before, but a much higher score was required..... Schiessauszeichnung des DJ Conditions for award of this DJ badge are not known, but they may have been the same tests as for the HJ Rifleman's badge, but requiring a lower standard of performance. Cheers Don