Scowen

Very intersting, thank you for the correction. For years the reference books have referred to this mark as being for St & L, but I have often wondered why it was only seen on one type of badge

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Don

Steinhauer & L?ck.

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Don

This is for Francois, I never knew what Organization this stickpin was for. Then last week I was on a website that had some Silverware that had this Insignia on it. It stated that the Organization represented was the German Christian Organization. I had never heard of it, have any of you? Stormtrooper

I'm afraid that if the symbol on the Silverware is exactly the same as your pin then the website is incorrect.

This pin is for the Bund Deutscher Osten, one of the pro nationalist organisations prevalent at the time. If it had been for the Deutsche Christen the there would be a letter "D" & a letter "C" either side of the cross & it would not be in a shield.

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Don

No problem Eric, I can move it if needed.

Nice find by the way. Did you know that the badge was with the desk or was it an accident?

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Don

A very interesting article Peter, although not an area that I've given that much thought to, you've raised some very good points. Lets see if anyone else has any thoughts on this.

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Don

Yes Nick, the same principle as with the SS/FM, monthly contributions would be made to help fund the organisation.

A nice find, these only rarely turn up, & even less with the translucent orange/red enamel as seen here, more often they have a heavier opaque enamel shield. I much prefer these translucent versions. As an interesting side note, these translucent types often have offset pin mountings (including the pinbacks types), no idea why.

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Don

again

silver

rev

I just remembered that I got these in with one of the large groups of pins last year. Never gave them much thought, I've no real idea if they are good or not.

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Don

Not so sure about the second one Peter, I've not really had much experience with these. However the first one is definitely nasty

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Don

As you can see, the prongs are part of the edge. They would be folded over so that the plate could be hammered in.

Thanks Pete.

Here you go Joe.

From what I understand the DAF were also involved in the area of real estate "Siedlungshilfswerk" or "Wohnungshilfswerk" of the "Reichsheimst?ttenamt", so they built houses and complete villages (Germ. "Siedlungen" "D?rfer" & not only in the occupied terretories, but also in the Reich itself). These houses were sometimes fitted with these "Siedlerm?bel" if not, people could buy it. They were "practical and cheap for the German worker". The plate indicates that the furniture (tables, chairs etc.) were produced in regulations to the DAF. We had a similar system here in the UK during the war (& for many years after) it was known as a utility mark.

From what I understand these little plates are very hard to come by now.

the other one

Thank you Gentlemen.

Joe,

The blue badge is Betriebssportgemeinschaft adler. Adler were one of the car manufacturers I believe. The yacht badge is for MS Wilhelm Gustloff. The DAF tinnie you enquire about is more a plaque than badge, it seems to be a plate that was attached to the furniture issued to people who were resettled/re-homed, it has prongs on it's edge that were bent back so that the plate could be hammered into plece...... I'll scan it tomorrow.

Rosenberg,

Here you go.

I heard the other week that a fellow collector was giving up the hobby & had packed his entire collection ready to be sent to one of the big German dealers. I asked him if he would reconsider & managed to rescue his collection of tinnies & organisational badges/pins........

They arrived today, mainly KdF, DAF & NSBO, thought you'd like a look at them.

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Don

Indeed it does Joe.

I forgot to say it's up for about 250 Euro but if anyone is interested in it let me know & I'll give them the website address it's on.

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Don

Came across this poster being offered for sale today, thought I'd drop a picture of it here, it measures 71 x 46,5 cm.

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Don

Sweet......

Thanks for showing it.

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Don

Very nice Robert.

I'm afraid that I do not have the small version. I do have the standard & cap badge type though.

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Don

Thank you Gentlemen.

I know the tinnie you mean Richard, I saw it a few times when I was looking for the Sachsen one. As to the scanner, I use an Epson Perfection 1670, the software that came with it is very good. I scan at 1200 dpi & then use PaintShop pro to resize down to posting size.

I'm not a tech guy Richard, but it sounds as if the memory that your machine uses to store info while it scans isn't large enough to transfer the image. Ask in the tech area of the forum here http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showforum=158 , someone with better knowledge may be able to help.

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Don

Here's the second SA I forgot about.

detail

The portrait.

I was rooting about in my box of tinnies the other day & came across two SA's I forgot that I had.

Here's the first, I picked this up as I had a picture of one in wear....