JNoble

Here's one from the Saar.

Here's one extolling the growing industrially might of Gau Essen.

Here's a donation pin that matches one of Mike's window plaques in post #25.

Tag-der-Wehrmacht

number 3

number 2

Here are three State Gratitude pins given to those who I believe gave a bigger donation.

One more.

Here's some WHW paper items that aren't seen to often.

A WHW Christmas ribbon.

Here's a full set of city shields

I'll add these three.

800 yr. celebration of the Reichstag

I wonder if the Reichsbund der Kinderreichen was linked with Himmler's Lebensborn, or "Source of Life," program that's in the news this last week?

Here's is a link to that news story if anyone is interested.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/1,1518,k-6695,00.html

A very nice mid-war painted party badge by Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen.

It was the official policy of the third Reich to encourage large families and this badge is commemorating such conventions.

Pat,

Your M1/92 is a mid-war Karl Wild badge the factory was in Hamburg nice one.

This badge isn't an award for having a lot of children like the Mütters Cross. I believe it's more on the order of an organization badge like the triangle badge for the NS-Frauenschaft org. These came in three colored borders Black, Blue and Red most likely to indicate ones place in the org.

The RDK Reichsbund der Kinderreichen (State Federation for Large Families) was in place until at least 1937 when it was replaced by the RDF (State Federation for German Families). It was administrated by the Eugenics Office (das Rassenpolitische Ant) which looked after families with three or more children.

Eugenics: a science that deals with the improvement ( by control of mating) of hereditary qualities of the race or breed.

Here's my long W example to add to the mix as you can see it also has an oval attach plate.

Here is my RLB Petz u Lorenz pinback badge.

Your badge is very nice also Rob, Marovskys isn't often seen as well.

Here's one that just arrived the other day.

Here is an actual group of the WHW Province shields like the ones posted by Rosenberg earlier it is amazing to see the amount of detail in the needle work that went into each of these badges.

Pat,

Your NS-Frauenschaft badge is a 1st pattern Staff badge at the Orts (local) level (blue border) and a sweet one it is.

Here is another variation of Robert's badge taken from Tieste's book.