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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..... Cheers 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...... Cheers 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? Cheers 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. Cheers Don

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

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

Hi Stephen, welcome. Some nice pins there, I agree that we have to treat that article with caution, I'd like to see more research done to answer some of those questions once & for all. I worry that too many original items may be being trashed just because we are sometimes over cautious with them. Robert, I noticed the mis-spelling of the name as well. I don't know if it is a good badge or not, I do like it. In hand it is a little beauty, but time will tell I suppose. it is indeed a blob of red enamel on the reverse. Cheers Don

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No type III here I'm afraid, haven't found one I'm happy with yet, although I'm hoping to receive a collection of enamels in a week or so, so here's hoping that there may be one in there. In the meantime, back to the Type I. H?sken lists the ones at the top of this thread as Type I, 2nd form, so I suppose we could call it Type Ib. Below is what he calls Type I 1st form, so for ease of use, Type Ia. It's also shown as a drawing in the infamous article us Frauenschaft collectors know so well. (as another confusing point, both that article & H?sken show the Type Ib to have a beaded background to the red, not elongated flecks that we see here ) It doesn't appear as well made as the Type Ib & I'm not sure quite what to think of it, but I'll show it here anyway. I'm still looking for the Type Ic version (H?sken Type I 3rd form). Cheers Don

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Received these images from a friend today. He gave me permission to post these here for the members to see. Thanks Joe Don

40 mm!!!..... That's tiny I was expecting it to be about 100 mm, just shows how without scale it's difficult to judge a size of some of these awards. Cheers Don

Thanks for reposting your images Hopefully you'll stay with us for a little longer Cheers Don

Very nice Doug, did they come together or have you picked them up over a period of time? I still can't quite get ny head around these, what ones should be numbered, what ones not, whether all came in bronze, silver & gold etc...... I'll have to sit down at some stage & read up on them properly. Cheers Don

I too have been trying to secure a marked one to no avail, unless they were all turned out by one maker I would have thought one of them would have marked them. Angolia only gives them the briefest of comments on it in his work on Labour Organisation, as does the Men at Arms book on female auxiliaries. Be nice if any other forum members could post theirs...... Cheers Don

Apparently this is a "Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft f?r Berufserziehung im Deutschen Gastst?ttengewerbe." Which with my very bad German, I think is something to do with catering........ Here's a link to another thread showing this pin plus the certificate showing what it was for. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1611...mp;#entry214409 Cheers Don

I'm sorry that no one replied. I didn't as non portable awards & desk medals are not an area that I have any knowledge in. Political & Social awards like this are a specialised collecting area so it can take a while to find others with an interest in the same area. I would ask you to reconsider leaving & give us a little more time. I am trying to attract more collectors of this field but it takes time to build a reputation & to attract members. Cheers Don

Sorry, I thought you meant the lower left of the stamp Silly me. Cheers Don

Ok Robert, what am I missing? I've been staring at the lower left of the stamp but can't see anything..... Cheers Don

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And very nice too.... Thanks for showing us. Cheers Don

Thanks John, I think I would agree with you, a re-issued book. Cheers Don