Organisational Badges RDK Badge - Unsure which level

[AlecH]

Hello Gentlemen,

Picked up this badge at the weekend - RDK Badge (Reichsbund der Kinderreichen Deutschlands zum Schutze der Familie) Tombak measures 2,5cm nice looking badge. A couple of questions, do any members know anything about this organization ? from the title, I take it, it had something to do with the welfare / protection of large German families.

I gather the RDK was divided into numerous sub sections, and the badges were colour coded according to position in the organization, looking through my Hüsken Handbook, I'm a little unsure which level the red badge had (1) Membership (2) Kreiswart (3 Landesleiter . The reverse has a marking of intertwined FW inside a rectangle. Any information on the red badge level would be appreciated. I'll try and run the organization through google later on in the day.

Cheers

[Scowen]

Alec,

There is a thread here http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11765 that may answer part of your question (post #18). The particular badge you show is the standard membership badge, could you please post a picture of the obverse & reverse of it on that thread as well because that maker is not shown there. It's now believed by collectors that the blue bordered badge with the maker mark "AK" shown in the first post is a fake.

I do have a few extra badges & documents from the RDK that I haven't had time to post there yet.

Cheers

Don