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Now you are showing your age..... Lovely picture though.

Congratulations Pete!

A nice find.

An interesting piece John, thank you for posting it. What size is it? The large pin plate makes it look like the smaller 18mm version, but it may not be. Cheers Don

I can't comment on most of the pieces as they are not my area, however the enamel badge is a party membership badge. The RZM 9 markings show that it was manufactured by Robert Hauschild of Pforzheim. A nice little pick up. Cheers Don

A new one on me I'm afraid Robert...

I had always assumed that the standard version was mearly a cut-down version of the wreathed version i.e. the same badge with the wreath cut off. You can imagine my surprise when I compared them, two very distinct & different badges....

I finally managed to find an example of the "standard" badge (minus the wreath) after many years of searching....

Welcome to the forum. From what I can see in these pictures (larger ones would help more) I'm afraid that this is indeed a fake. The quality of the enamel looks poor, but the biggest clue is the shape of the pin plate. This one lookes to be the narrow "coffin" shaped plate which is often seen on modern fakes. But as I say, larger pictures would help more. There is a thread here for the Westmark pin both showing originals & fakes http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11163 Cheers Don

An interesting piece. First the easy bit: The 1. Reichstreffen der deutschen Volksgesundheitsbewegung in Düsseldorf was held on the 7th & 8th August 1937. Not sure about the RADV part, could be Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft Deutchen Volksgesundheitsbewegung.... ? Cheers Don

Thank you for posting this Joe. The Armeegewehr is the rarer of the 1940 Meisterklasse badges. It's the Kleinkaliber that is more often found. Cheers Don

The Party pin is fine, but the DJ is a fake. Notice the narrow, almost coffin shaped pin plate? These plates have only been used post war. Cheers Don

Thought that I would post the Fördernde Mitglieder badge, equivalent to the SS/FM but actually much rarer than the SS version. This is the second design, the first used the monument design of the earlier badge. Cheers Don

Congratulations! A fine set indeed. Cheers Don

Same here, no prices, sorry.

Hi Jock, This thread may be of interest to you http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/1548-kyffhuser/ Cheers Don

A nice find Robert, thank you for showing it....

Rick! glad to hear from you again..... Thanks to both you & Uwe for posting. D

Hi Robert, It's the Österreichische Sport- und Turnabzeichen. I do not know much about it but I do know that they are still going today & the awards are almost the same. Here are some images from their website http://www.oesta.at/de Cheers Don

A couple of nice pieces there Robert, thank you for posting them. Cheers Don

That's a nice one too Robert. I was flicking through the Uniformenmarkt the other day & came across this in the Jan 1939 edition. Cheers Don

It would be nice to know if there is another letter under that pin Robert, the gap between the A. & the T is quite large....

No idea, they are supposed to be for wives & daughters, so if they were in bronze silver & gold, then maybe prizes for competitions etc However, if as listed they were only silver & gold, then maybe just a product that could be purchased as a gift from the local branch? Here's a badge from a local group "Stadtgruppe Neukölln". I suspect pre Sept '38 as that seems to be the date that the Bund badge was introduced.

Very nice Robert, thank you for showing it.

I would imagine so. Although I have suspected for a few years that maybe, just maybe they may have come in bronze silver & gold. No real evidence for bronze ones except for the occasional one that doesn't quite look like the altgold..... Having said that, I've never yet managed to find any period proof that any of these brooches existed, one day hopefully. Cheers Don