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Reverse

Here's one I picked up in the recent GMIC auction, a Reichsbund Deutscher Seegeltung (RDS).

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Don

The badge that Robert refers to in H?sken is for the Austrian Heimwehr.

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Don

Indeed a very smart design.

Thanks for sharing it with us Benton.

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Don

That's better Peter, you can stay

I really like these Scandinavian items, I think they are very underated by Third Reich Collectors. If you have more perhaps we could start a seperate thread for them?

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Don

My only comment is

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Don

Rick is on the ball here..... Definitely one for the hall of shame.

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Don

Robert, I can't argue with that

Don, I didn't think it was worth opening a new thread for this little spy, but instead of letting it fall into oblivion, I decided to post it here. The details on the rope are quite amazing.

KR

Peter

Peter,

It never ceases to amaze me just how skilled the people who made the dies for these must have been. We take this sort of thing for granted nowdays with modern machines & cutters, but 70 years ago it was all done by hand.

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Don

This is even more off topic .

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Peter

Oi! Who let that red spy in.........

Nice pin Peter, not to my taste, but nice

Like the RAD pin Robert. I recently came across a picture of one of these being worn by a young soldier, haven't managed to secure it yet.....

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Don

12mm!! Look at the detail on that thing

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Don

An excellent thread Jan Arne. Thank you for showing these fascinating badges & documents

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Don

Robert, now it's my turn to be impressed.......... a Reichverband deutscher Fleischbeschauer-und Trichinenschauer-Verb?nde pin, very nice. I assume unmarked?

I'd had the picture for quite sometime before the pin arrived quite unexpectedly through the post from a good friend of mine who thought I'd like one.......

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Don

Rosenberg said:

Don,

your is truly a first timer for me.If I am not confused by this it should be the 2nd type and I guess it is even rarer than the first type?

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Thanks. They can be hard to find at times. Here is a picture of one in wear.

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Don

Nice pins James.

Robert,

Yes it was one of those Nationalistic groups. There are a number of forms & variants of these, the reverse is totally unmarked.

Here's another I recently received, also unmarked.

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Don

Here's another that you don't seem to see much.

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Don

Rev

Back to famine by the looks of things......

Here's mine, also Neff.

Can't really comment on your Westmark as I can't say 100% that mines genuine.

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Don

Cool.......

I seem to remember seeing a similar type unused packet on sale a while back somewhere.

Thanks for showing this.

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Don

Sorry Ralf, we seem to be posting together

Thanks for that. I'm thinking of doing a study of the known makers of various enamel pins/badges. I've made a start on the Kleing?rtner on another forum, the SA Reserve II was going to be one of my next targets

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Don

detail

Robert,

Regarding the other RLB pin. Cone may be vague about it but it did exist. Here's a pic in wear.

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Don

Close up of the mark, the scanner doesn't really pick it up too well.

Some nice pins there lads.

Ralf,

Are all of the SA II Reserves different makers?

Robert,

No problem, here it is, the maker seems to be etched into the back it says E. Schmidhaussler, Pforzheim.

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Don

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S?ngerbund Westmark