Claymore

...and now...in a slight change to our normal program of only showing SA tinnies...

...we have a NSDAP tinnie....

...but I'm of the opinion that the SA would have attended this meeting as well....to show off their own 'Deutschland Erwache' standarte's...

"Deutschland Erwache, Oldenburg, Standartentag 1936"

Hello Benten,

That is a great looking tinnie.....and you're right...those two SA men look like very tough fellow's!

Very nice...!

Thanks Benten...

...another SA tinnie for you....and again, from 1933...seems like all the best tinnie's were dated 1933...

"Einigkeit Macht Stark, G?ttingen, S.A. Brigade-Tag 24.9.1933"

Translation of 'einigkeit macht stark' gives us something like = 'agreement makes strong'...

...and the badge features two small figures....one is probably a SA trooper....but who is the other figure?....maybe a Stahlhelmbund man?

First the tinnie...which according to Tieste, is available in both bronze and silver...

...SA roundel super-imposed over the hakenkreuz....always a nice looking combination on a tinnie...

"SA Brigade 41 Th?r-Ost, Greiz, 30.6.-1.7.34"

...and secondly, the interesting point.....do you recognise the dates?.....30th June 1934 - 1st July 1934.....

...do the words 'Night of the Long Knives' ring any bells???

...on 29th June 1934, Hitler was told of a planned 'R?hm P?tsch' against him (most of the evidence was a fabrication by Himmler, Heydrich, Goebbels)...incensed at this 'betrayal'.....he decided to act immediately... in the early hours of 30th June 1934, Hitler along with the SS, arrived at Bad Wiessee where a SA leaders meeting was taking place....and arrested Ernst R?hm and most of the other SA high ranking officers....whilst they were still in bed (some allegedly in the same bed...)

...Ernst R?hm was executed by the SS on 2nd July 1934...

...and all of this taking place on the same weekend as the SA Brigade 41 were meeting in Greiz.....I wonder if any rumours of what was occuring reached the SA camp?...did the meeting last both days or did it end early?....

Hitler only told the German nation officially what had occured, on 13th July 1934....

So the date alone turns this nice looking tinnie into something far more interesting.

Thanks Burgerhaus...I'm guessing that tinnies bearing the name of Goebbels are not that common?

As for SA tinnies....the combination of three things featured on this example: eagle, hakenkreuz, SA roundel....

..all serve to make a great looking tinnie...if I do say so myself...

The tinnie also features in the centre a 'rearing stallion'...which is taken from the Westfalen coat-of-arms.

http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/nordrhei.htm

"SA Dortmund Westfalen Treffen 8.-9.Juli 1933"

A rather fine looking bronze coloured tinnie...

I find the use of the SA eagle at the top most appealing...

"SA-Aufmarsch Standarte-220 u. Kreisparteitag Meschede 7 / 8.10.1933"

...another SA 'sports award' style of tinnie....

...according to Herr Tieste...this is definitely classed as a SA tinnie...even though there is no mention of the 'SA' by name or by use of the SA roundel...

'Nordmark Voran, Kiel, 25.-26.5.35'

Hi Benten,

Thanks for the information...

...I'm now imagining a SA Brigade having a relaxing weekend at a health spa....instead of the usual sports events and tough military training...

...been a bit quiet on here....so now we have....

"Kreiskongress SA-Treffen Schwefelbad, Langensalza, 30.7.33"

--dj--Joe,

The DJK, or "Deutsche Jugendkraft", was formed on 16th Sept. 1920

It was a catholic youth sports and teaching organisation....which was outlawed in 1935...

All prior members would have joined the 'Deutsches Jungvolk' and the 'Hitler-Jugend'...whilst many of the leading figures were placed into concentration camps.

It re-formed in 1947 and is currently going strong today.

As for availability of DJK pins.....look at Ebay....there are hundreds of examples listed !

Regards.

Another nice S.A. tinnie Benten....and good background information....which helps to give the tinnie more meaning...

Here's another S.A. tinnie....again with a 'runic' style of script...used by the S.A. in the city of Trier...which apparently is the oldest city in Germany...with many Roman ruins...

....what I don't understand is why there is the letter 'M'......on the tinnie, located after the word 'Trier'....is this meant to represent a district perhaps? .......'M' could possibly mean 'Mitte' .....?

...there is a maker's mark on the reverse, 'E.H.O.' ....I don't know what it stands for.....

"Wettkampftage Der S.A.-Gruppe Westmark Trier M 8.-9. 7. 39"

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