NSDAP Organisation That Nasty Little "Flying DAF" Pronged Badge !

[Guest Rick Research]

When I were a lad, I had a stamped metal insignia as shown in the photo below, with wide heavy, needlessly heavy prongs. They were fairly common--and in 1970s Wisdom roundly declared to be fantasy pieces!

[Guest Rick Research]

Needless to say, after 40+ years, finally turned up a photo of the wretched thing being worn!

[Guest Rick Research]

Mustabeen Himmler's cousin....

From the Red Cross style sleeve seniority srtripes and rest of the get-up, apparently a 20 year veteran of the city streetcar/trolley car service!

[Guest Rick Research]

I am guessing from the Foghorn Leghorn (griffin?) insignia and "St St W" that this was St(adt) St(.) W(endel)...?

All it has is a 1942 dated inscription "to my godchild."

Enigma: if the guy was only a MUNICIPAL employee, what's he doing wearing a REICHS cockade on a CITY uniform? And if it's a CITY COLORS cockade... what the...!!!???

Somebody let this guy join the Nazi Party!

Edited June 11, 2013 by Rick Research

[Paul R]

I have never seen anything like that. Do you have any background information on this organization?

[Eric Stahlhut]

can you get a clear shot of what's on the tunic buttons?

[Guest Rick Research]

Eric: alas no-- print quality's only good enough to detect something vaguely elongated X-ish shaped... or with those sorts of angles. It's not a great photo and I paid a demented amount just to finally eliminate this particular buried-deep niggling puzzle.

[Jock Auld]

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2013/post-15855-0-13437500-1372005355.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2013/post-15855-0-22779000-1372005380.jpgGuys,

I'm new here but I got this from house clearance last year I think.

It looks well enough made and to be honest it was going in the skip if I hadn't grabed it.

Jock:)

[Guest Rick Research]

That's it!

[Robin Lumsden]

Hello Rick.

I have one of these streetcar badges too.

Oddly enough, for a civil municipal organisation, it's RZM marked. RZM M1/53 for Wegerhoff.

Presumably because it was affiliated to Ley's DAF.

Mine is nickel-plated tombak, with the swastika and cog 'cut out'.

That photo is the first one I've seen of this badge being worn.

Thanks for posting !!

[Guest Rick Research]

I had an RZM marked... Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross when I was 12. There was a lot of weird stuff floating around back in the 1960s!

I think mine had a cut out swastika, but no mark at all. Weird to think how many tram drivers insignia were brought back yet nobody ever knew what they were!

[Robin Lumsden]

I've handled an original RZM-marked army belt buckle.

They made factory seconds in those days, too !! ;)

[Robin Lumsden]

The RZM Wegerhoff ................. with cut-outs .....................

Even the electric tram lightning bolts are cut out.

Edited June 24, 2013 by Robin Lumsden

[Robin Lumsden]

............................... finally turned up a photo of the wretched thing being worn .......................

If only ............................

[Guest Rick Research]

WOW! He must have been an Über-straßenbahnführer!!!!!

Has that got the big nasty flat pins that would have shredded a cap front? (Wonder what COLORS those caps were....)

[Robin Lumsden]

The Wegerhoff has nice, dainty little 'Liberace' pins.

[Robin Lumsden]

Wonder what COLORS those caps were...

Prussian Blue?

Or black, according to this .............................

[Guest Rick Research]

Ayuh, I'd assume a dark blue civilian-ish outfit like postmen... but what was the "Waffenfarbe" for the hatband and piping?

Somebody MUST have one of these hats!

Edited June 25, 2013 by Rick Research

[sambolini]

The RZM Wegerhoff ................. with cut-outs .....................

Even the electric tram lightning bolts are cut out.

Wow, nice badge. I have never seen one. Interesting thread.

kind regards,

Sam K.