JoeW

Sorry, I do not have that number identified on my GPB list. But I had recorded it some time ago, so it was displayed on another forum I suspect.

I believe this color movie came out several years ago on VHS tape which I still have. It was titled "Good Morning Mr. Hitler" and was filmed by an amateur photographer living in Munich and working with the blessing of the party. The lady in pink is Frau Ley, seated next to her husband RL Ley.

Nice medal bar. Seem to be many of the 10 and 15 year in various groupings. I have a couple or three, usually associated with a GPB. Here are a couple. The first is the medal bar of SS-OGF Fritz Weitzel shown in the photo of him wearing it and his Italian award as a Grand Officer of the Order of Sts. Maurice and Lazarus. The cased PPK was a birthday present to him from RFSS Himmler in 1939 and is so noted on the inscription plate. Sadly, no GPB. According to party documentation, it was sent to his family but lost. The second is a short medal bar of 10 and 15 year NSDAP Long Service belonging to SS-SF and Stellenleiter der Reichsleitung Anton Hartmann, along with the accompanying ribbon bar and his small GPB shown in the photo of him from his SS officer file.

I am not familiar with Max Hans's book, but period documentation indicates the design was created by Hitler himself when advised of the proposed tenth anniversary celebration of the march. The local Coburg NSDAP organization put the show together and provided the awards. Hitler was present for a speech, then left. The awards were presented by a senior SA officer. It is unknown how many participants in the march were at the award ceremony. The OSAF published a list of awardees some years after the event. Sorry for the sketchy information, but I posted on the other forum mentioned and the file is away somewhere.

I think the two crowns represent the grade of Grand Officer of the Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus. Weitzel had two crowns on his ribbon bar and was not awarded the order of the Crown as we discovered in researching his service. Sadly no foreign awards are listed on Müller's SS officer file card.

I believe the first one on the left of the bottom row of ribbons is one of the degrees of the Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus, a gold crown on light green ribbon. The same style was awarded to SS OGF Fritz Weitzel as shown here in some of his ribbon bars. That particular Italian award was commonly given to German police officials such as Daluege and Heydrich, as well as Himmler. No reason Mueller wouldn't have received it.

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For some reason all of Michael's list of awards are in the same color as the background and are not visible unless I highlight them with the cursor. Is the trouble in my setting or what? The pistol give to Lutze was a thank-you gift from the Walther brothers for bringing the SA Shooting matches to Zella-Mehlis. Lutze did not participate in the matches.

Is the remnants of the cloth backing visible in your photo blue-grey or greenish color? I can't make it out. If the former I would say LW but Gendarmerie if the later.

So the boards did have the RFV cyphers? But the Oberzollinspek./Bezirkzoll-Kommissar boards like these as well as all Zoll boards should have green thread hash marks, not black. At least on the uniform charts I have.

I do Matt. Thank you for showing your fine example of the 333 gold version of the Ehrennadel.

Excellent photo presentation Matt. You're correct. Though the WWF is discussed in Angolia and Littlejohn, and as well in an older Patzwall issue, little is known or discussed about the award.

I was wondering if any members out there have an example of this golden DAF lapel pin in their collection. It was awarded by the DAF to the owner and factory party leader of those factories designated as Musterbetriebe after the annual national competition. There are variations in markings on the reverse that also includes the pin number. I appreciate those forum members who have already graciously provided the information of the examples in their collections. Here is my cased example.

I don't know if I would exactly call it a "Party Shooting Award". According to the text on the reverse, the medal was to commemorate a shooting event held in August-September 1933 by the Royal Private Fire Protection Association in Munich in celebration of the National Awakening of the German People (the Nazi takeover earlier in January). The organization chose to put the image of the new Chancellor on the obverse. So there is no connection to the NSDAP.

Excellent acquisition Claudio. Congradulations!