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The rev

One more for Robert

The Reverse, note how the owner of the Hohenz personalized it with his etchings on the reverse.

Another for Robert

Posting for Robert

Finally my NS Alterherrnbund

My NS Studenten Kampfhilfe also an M1/33

Very nice badges indeed. I love the stickpin Alterherrnbund Stephen.

Here are my Studentenbund badges. First the standard members in pinback or broach form. M1/15

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Don

The two Th?ringen variations based on the Gau badge.

The HJ version of the Schlageter tinnie

Here's one

I still can't decide as to colour border, but you are indeed correct with the broach, here it is......

Thanks for showing these great pictures Robert, I do like to see those Politcal caps.

Can't really help with names I'm afraid exept to say that one of them looks to be the same official shown shaking hands with king Boris on page 98 in Angolia's book "In the Service of the Reich". He is only referred to as a "high grade career official".

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Don

Close-up

Back to the Frauenschaft theme, here's another problem to solve. What colour is the border on the staff badge?

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Don

Here's the reverse for Robert

These ones seem to have the Swastika burnished, doing by the way the light reflects off of them.

I have a few pictures showing variants of these, here's two more

I dug out the picture this evening, those other scans were taken over a year ago before I learnt how to tweak the settings. This is the badge done at a higher res, can't go any higher without loosing definition. No bad considering it can't be seen with th naked eye with the picture in your hand.....

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Don

Is this the badge you are talking about Robert? It looks like what the dealers tend to call a sympathiser broach, but you often see these things being worn by these types of groups & I suspect that there is more to them than just sympathiser broaches.

Collecting pictures can be as addictive as collecting the badges themselves & just as expensive. I've been known to pay more for a rare image of a badge being worn than it would cost for the badge itself

Sometimes the details can be amazing, for instance the original of that group shot above is only 3 inches long......

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Don

Nice shot of the NSF depot Stephen, I'd like to see one of those wall hangings myself. Notice the stylised Swastika used on it.

Robert,

Hard to say for sure because of the light, but I'm pretty sure it's an enamelled DJ badge. What do you think?

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Don

Thanks Doug, you're right it is the shooting badge, just dipped forward a little. In answer to your earlier question, I think that the patch would have been worn on a sports vest.

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Don

Nice little group Doug. Can you make out what the little square badge is on the left hand side in the picture?

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Don

When you look at the whole picture, there is a variety of sizes being worn, the smallest by the two women on the extreme right.

And check out those flags! I'd love one of those...... However, I'm not sure about Mickey Mouse in the back row

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Don

Here's a crop from a picture I have showing this size badge in wear.

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Don