Solomon Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Hi gents, by accident this quite rare badge of the Deutscher Turnerschaft (German gymnast association) GAU IX Westfalen came to me as a part of a photo estate (mainly WW1 Verdun etc). The privious owner was Fritz Stratmann from Herne, Westfalia. The badge has a little damage, but more intersting is, that Stratmann was wearing this damaged badge already 1936. The photo-detail of him is proofing it. Stratmann is also wearing the armband "Obmann" (=referee). Since the Deutscher Turnerschaft was integrated in 1936 into the DRL, Stratmann couldn´t wear this badge any longer. BR Roman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scowen Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Hi Roman, Thank you for sharing this wonderful & rare photo with us 🤩. You say that Fritz Stratmann is wearing the badge in 1936. Is the photo dated on the reverse to show this? Also, may we see a close up of the round badge that he is wearing on his lapel please? Thank you again for sharing this picture. Here is a scan of my badge. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 (edited) Hi Don, here is the wished closeup. Indeed the photo is marked with 1936 at its back. I assume it a "Kyffhäuser-Bund" badge...nothing extra-ordinary. Do you agree to my identification? BR Roman Edited April 3 by Solomon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scowen Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Hi Roman, Thank you for the extra information & photo. Yes a shooting badge from the Deutscher Reichskriegerbund Kyffhäuser (DRKB), the "Große Ehrennadel der Schießauszeichnung". Indeed this proves to be a doubly rare photo as it is also very unusual to see this badge in wear. I have often seen the lower grades (bronze, silver & gold) in photos, but not the large honour version 🤩. Here is my example, unfortunately it has lost most of the gold finish ☹️. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Interesting...although I identified it as the Kyffhäuser badge, I didn´t konw, that is was a rare one. By the way, here is another picture of Stratmann from 1935, wearing Lippe-medalbar, but not the DT badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--dj--Joe Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Interesting. Two sports badges. One DRA one DRL? --dj--Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scowen Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 17 hours ago, Solomon said: Interesting...although I identified it as the Kyffhäuser badge, I didn´t konw, that is was a rare one. Hi Roman, The badge itself is quite common, it is seeing it being worn in a picture that is rare. Another great picture, thank you for sharing it with us. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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