A Set of German Badges.
A Set of German Badges.
1.) The Mother’s Cross (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze)
was introduced by Adolf Hitler on December 16yh 1938 as part of a large propaganda campaign aimed at increasing the birth rate. The award was officially designated, Honor Cross of the German Mother, and was instituted in three grades to recognize and reward child bearing German females. The three grades consisted of the bronze cross for bearing four or five children, the silver cross for bearing six or seven children and the gold cross for bearing eight or more children.
Second pattern, two piece, stamped tombac award with a bronze wash and blue and white enamel work. Award in the form of a Christian cross with outward fluted arms in semi-translucent blue enamel with white enamel border. Cross has a raised sunburst pattern emanating between its arms. Separate central circular field with white enamel base and black static swastika, encompassed by a circular border with embossed Latin script, " Der Deutschen Mutter", (The German Mother). Reverse has impressed simulated handwritten script, " 16 Dezember 1938", and facsimile Hitler signature.
2.) 1935 H.J. Youth Fstival Sports Award Badge (H.J. Reichsportwettkampf Abzeichen)
Sports in the early period of the Third Reich had an underlying, subversive role as a form of military training, due to the restrictions imposed on the Germans by the Treaty of Versailles. As a result, sporting events were very highly regarded by the N.S.D.A.P. and all manner of awards were issued on a national and local level to the victorious athletes.
The 25mm tall, aluminum award pin is roughly in the form of a vertical oval. The HJ diamond with swastika is to the center of the pin with a wreath of oak leaves arching upward from the base where a rectangle with a " 1935" date may be seen. This first pattern pin was awarded in 1935 only. To the reverse is crimped a vertical pin-back device. Maker marked.
3.) RAD "Arbeits Dank" Lapel Pin (Mitgliednadel).
The, "Arbeits Dank", (Labor Thanks), was an internal organization of the NSAD, Nationalsozialist Arbeitsdienst, (National Socialist Labor Service), a forerunner of the RAD, Reichsarbeitsdienst, (National Labor Service), and was established in 1933 to help provide welfare assistance to members who had suffered work related injuries or illness, or to assist with further employment related education. Membership in the Arbeits Dank and monetary donations were compulsory for all NSAD/RAD personnel.
Roughly, 22mm tall, 15mm wide, vertically oval, die struck alloy lapel pin with multi-colored enamel work. The pin features a translucent red outer border with an underlying textured background with inlaid silvered script, " Arbeits Dank".
The red outer border encompasses a white inner oval with a silver bordered, black spade head with a canted, central, swastika. The spade handle is flanked by diagonally angled sheaves of wheat.
To the reverse is a 44 mm long rifled pin and, embossed beneath its soldered base, " Ges. Gesch.", indicating, Gesetzlich Geschützt, (Protected by Law)
4.) WHW Badge Upward From Own Power 1934 (WHW Badge Upward From Own Power 1934, sheet metal badge).
Donation badge of the winter relief organization
Non-ferrous metal
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Ludenscheid, 1934
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A Set of German Badges.
1.) The Mother’s Cross (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze)
was introduced by Adolf Hitler on December 16yh 1938 as part of a large propaganda campaign aimed at increasing the birth rate. The award was officially designated, Honor Cross of the German Mother, and was instituted in three grades to recognize and reward child bearing German females. The three grades consisted of the bronze cross for bearing four or five children, the silver cross for bearing six or seven children and the gold cross for bearing eight or more children.
Second pattern, two piece, stamped tombac award with a bronze wash and blue and white enamel work. Award in the form of a Christian cross with outward fluted arms in semi-translucent blue enamel with white enamel border. Cross has a raised sunburst pattern emanating between its arms. Separate central circular field with white enamel base and black static swastika, encompassed by a circular border with embossed Latin script, " Der Deutschen Mutter", (The German Mother). Reverse has impressed simulated handwritten script, " 16 Dezember 1938", and facsimile Hitler signature.
2.) 1935 H.J. Youth Fstival Sports Award Badge (H.J. Reichsportwettkampf Abzeichen)
Sports in the early period of the Third Reich had an underlying, subversive role as a form of military training, due to the restrictions imposed on the Germans by the Treaty of Versailles. As a result, sporting events were very highly regarded by the N.S.D.A.P. and all manner of awards were issued on a national and local level to the victorious athletes.
The 25mm tall, aluminum award pin is roughly in the form of a vertical oval. The HJ diamond with swastika is to the center of the pin with a wreath of oak leaves arching upward from the base where a rectangle with a " 1935" date may be seen. This first pattern pin was awarded in 1935 only. To the reverse is crimped a vertical pin-back device. Maker marked.
3.) RAD "Arbeits Dank" Lapel Pin (Mitgliednadel).
The, "Arbeits Dank", (Labor Thanks), was an internal organization of the NSAD, Nationalsozialist Arbeitsdienst, (National Socialist Labor Service), a forerunner of the RAD, Reichsarbeitsdienst, (National Labor Service), and was established in 1933 to help provide welfare assistance to members who had suffered work related injuries or illness, or to assist with further employment related education. Membership in the Arbeits Dank and monetary donations were compulsory for all NSAD/RAD personnel.
Roughly, 22mm tall, 15mm wide, vertically oval, die struck alloy lapel pin with multi-colored enamel work. The pin features a translucent red outer border with an underlying textured background with inlaid silvered script, " Arbeits Dank".
The red outer border encompasses a white inner oval with a silver bordered, black spade head with a canted, central, swastika. The spade handle is flanked by diagonally angled sheaves of wheat.
To the reverse is a 44 mm long rifled pin and, embossed beneath its soldered base, " Ges. Gesch.", indicating, Gesetzlich Geschützt, (Protected by Law)
4.) WHW Badge Upward From Own Power 1934 (WHW Badge Upward From Own Power 1934, sheet metal badge).
Donation badge of the winter relief organization
Non-ferrous metal
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Ludenscheid, 1934
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