HenkWillem

So far, all except the first one are identified: 1) ??? 2) Kreistag Amerland 3-4 Juni 1936 3) Reichsparteitag 1939 4) Tag der Deutschen Seefahrt 1935 5) Wehrkampftage 1939 6) 1939 Sommer-Sonnenwende Gau Weser-Ems 7) Deutsches Jugendfest 1936 8) NSBO (National Sozialistische Betriebszellen-Organisation) Tag der Deutschen Arbeit 9) Wehrkampftage 1939

Thanks a lot. Just a few more to confirm/identify.

Thanks! I will look into that possibility.

Hi all, German pins are not my speciality. However, a colleague asked me if I could help him identify some pins he inherited. I attached an image. From the text on the pins I can already assume some, but I would like to check whether there are official names or so. 1) ?? 2) Amerland Juni 193x 3) ?? 4) Tag der Deutschen Seefahrt 1935 5) Wehrkampf Tage 1939 6) ?? 7) Deutsches Jugen..... 1936 8) Tag der Deutschen Arbeit (any year?) 9) Wehrkampf Tage 1939 (different one then listed in 5?) Thanks a lot for your help!

Thanks a lot!

Hi all, Does somebody know what the enclosed miniature is? The only clue I got from somebody is that it can be from an African kingdom like Swaziland, Lesotho, Zululand, Burundi or Rwanda. For the rest I am clueless. Thank you all in advance. PS. if it is not from Africa, then I would like to ask the admin to replace this topic. The general identification topic is closed, so I had to put it somewhere.

Dear all, I recently obtained a Nichan al Iftikhar order: The cypher appears to be the one of Mohamed Sadok, but only rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise. Did this occur more often? It is a locally made order and I am pretty sure they did not always carefully made them according to designs. And does somebody recognizes the mark on the back? Thank you in advance!

thank you Owain!

Ah, ok, that republic. Is it possible to date such a medal? And were they awarded with a ribbon?

Dear Owain, thank you very much! You wrote "I think the award continued into the Republic of Yemen." Do you mean that this piece is from before 1962? Thank you in advance!

Hi all, I recently got a bag filled with Arab medals. So far I identified all except one. Can somebody help me with this one? Many thanks in advance!

Now I am 100% sure that it is Masonic. I contacted the Altschottischer Obermeister (Oldscottish Headmaster) of the Grand National Motherlodge of Germany and he replied: ---start quote--- the information you got is right. The Rectified Scottish Rite which you find in Switzerland and Belgium are reated to The Allgemeine Altschottische Loge. During the centuries only parts of the RSR had survived in Germany. The Pictures show the Members Jewel of AASL. It is the 4th Degree of Große National Mutterloge „Zu den 3 Weltkugeln“. Grand National Motherlodge of the three globes. ---end quote---

Thank you Hermann. I made a pretty good deal. The lot contained around 10 Freemason decorations and I paid less than 180 euro About the badge. A quick Google search showed this image: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_National-Mutterloge_%E2%80%9EZu_den_drei_Weltkugeln%E2%80%9C#/media/File:F-Hochgr-gruen.jpg It is not a clear picture, but I think it is 99% sure that it is the same badge. Apparently it is the badge for the "Schottenmeister der GNML (3WK)". The price of 180 euro is not really that trustworthy. It was also for sale for 98 euro: http://www.ma-shops.com/mueller/item.php5?id=15292&lang=en

Ok, thank you. So it is not masonic. The question remains: what is it?

Hello all, I have this neck badge, but I have only minor information about it. It is some sort of badge of the Turkish Yükseliş lodge (lodge # 12), which is established in the Ankara region on the 24th of June 1950. It had approximately 120 members. I believe the lodge does not exist anymore, since all information I have found dates before 2004. The last grand master of the lodge (Ufuk BULUT) had this position in the years 2003-2004. All information I have is from this website: http://masonlocasi.blogspot.com/2015/04/yukselis-muhterem-locas.html, which I translated with Google Translate. Can somebody tell me more about this badge? When was it introduced, who worn it, how many are there produced, did it have a particular function, etc? and the backside: Thanking you in advance for the information!