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2nd pattern honour pin

In case anyone is confused, I'm moved the last few posts regarding the Steno pins to a new thread here http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7890

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Don

As you can see I've started a fresh thread on the Steno' organisation. The above posts were taken from the Stickpin thread & I've edited them slightly to "fit" them here. Please post any Steno related items you have.

I'll start off with a members book & pin set I have. The cover has bleached out for some reason in the picture I'm afraid, but is actually a deep blue colour.

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Don

This is what the ribbon should look like, white, red, white, red, white, red, white. The centre red being wider.

The hunt is now on for an original ribbon.

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Don

Here's another, this one from Th?ringen. A bronze 25yr service medal, unfortunately it came with the incorrect ribbon which I have removed. This version also came in silver for 33 years service & gold for 40 years.

The scan really doesn't do this justice, the medal is so finely struck with beautiful detail.

This is the first pattern, there were also two other patterns issued in Th?ringen, an enamelled cross & a gold cross.

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Don

Not really sure what to make of it. Never seen one before apart from the diagram in H?sken.

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Don

Excuse the difference in size of the above scans, they were done at different times. The badges are all the same size.

Here's the card with matching badge.

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Don

Baden

Sachsen

Pete,

I remember you posting as well, I think it may have been on another forum though...

I have 3, Baden, Sachsen & Lübeck. There are also those with only NSDAP on the reverse but as yet I don't have one. I'm not sure how many different ones there are.

I've always thought these were worn by the donation collectors as well, but recently I came upon a Mitglied book for these & it states that the book has to be carried at all times that the badge is worn but doesn't seem to have any reference to it being anything other than a standard donation card so I don't know. I think the person who owned the card was an enamel collector as well as there is only one donation stamp in it, just enough to get the badge.....

Here's my Lübeck

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Don

Sorry Dan, it's the Deutsche Stenografenschaft Leistungsabzeichen in Bronze, it also came in silver & gold, but I don't know exactly what it was awarded for.

When you say the "brooch like version with date", do you mean the "Deutscher Meister" version like below? If so do you have one as I've never seen one of these only in drawings. If you do have one, don't post it here, start a new thread & we'll put the Steno stuff together.

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Don

I'm afraid not Robert, although I do have somewhere pix of the standard blue enamel version, & the rectangle gold bordered ones in wear. I'll dig them out & post them later.

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Don

Very nice Florian, wonderful to see such items

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Don

Excellent!! Thanks for that, I'd never seen one before.

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Don

All of it It's always nice to see what people have in their display cases

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Don

Thanks for clearing that up Rick, as I said, I never really given it much thought before

I do think that these state long service awards are an undervalued & under researched area.

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Don

I'd never really thought about it but I guess (without looking up the dates) that the Faithful Service Cross may well be the National replacement for the regional awards. This happened with the Fire Service awards, individual states issued their own until 1936 when the Reich version came in & replaced them.

From what I understand with the Bavarian one, the pre TR version had an acorn where the Swastika is, but I've never seen one of these.

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Don

Nope, I've never seen any paperwork either. Mark, I believe these are literally long service awards for the Bavarian Chamber of commerce. People who had worked for the State of Bavaria for the requisit number of years recieved one. There was also a gold coloured one for 50 years.

What interests me about this is that you find them with various marks, silver content marked like yours, with "fine silber", & sometimes with nothing at all. I'm not sure why, whether some are fakes or period copies, or just a different production I don't know.....

I do love 'em though.

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Don

Well all I can say is if you already have a price in mind, don't bother wasting everybody's time asking others opinions. If it don't sell then you're asking too much......

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Don

I enquired on your behalf regarding a current price for one of these, he estimates about ?50-?55 for one here in the UK.

Hope this helps.

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Don

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