German Stick Pins ?

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Black Dudley
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German Stick Pins ?

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Post by Black Dudley » 13 Mar 2016, 23:14

Picked up these four stick-pins last summer, unsure exactly what three of them are for, left to right -

(1) Looked through Hüskens catalogue, found to be a Nazi sympathisers badge.

(2) Could be a WW1 veterans badge, never come across such a design, wound badge on top of a iron cross !

(3) Swastika on flower (Edelweiß) maybe for a Hochland Group sympathiser ?

(4) Small pin - swastika in laurel wreath

Does anyone have any ideas ?
Stick 5.jpg
Stick 6.jpg

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Re: German Stick Pins ?

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Post by John G. » 14 Mar 2016, 10:51

Stick pin #1 is an early "Supporters" pin, appears original; Stickpin #2 is a POST W2 veterans pin; Pins #3 and #4 are also "supporters pins, the edelweiss is "Alpine areas". but are unofficial... locally produced (and also reproduced) items ... nothing official... "souvenir or supporters type pins... collectible certainly but nothing special...
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Re: German Stick Pins ?

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Post by Black Dudley » 16 Mar 2016, 08:52

Thanks for the post John, stick pin 2 has now been put to bed as postwar WW2, had suspected stick pins 3 + 4 had more of a supporters function and didn't belong to any official organization. Always nice to get a second opinion, thanks for the help.
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