Unknown Insignia

[der bunkermann]

Hi,
I am die many years in posession of the below depicted Insignia.
I have no clue about wat it is, could it be for a camp inmate of forced labourer???

Any help is more than welcome!

Tim.

[steve248]

Looking at Wikipedia:
https://www.google.com/search?q=concent ... KWzROqJsCM

Looks like the badge for a "relapsed" prisoner (Rückfällige).
No idea which KZ issued such badges but probably one in Germany rather than Poland.

[history1]

Sure not, Steve.
This thing has nothing to do with a concentration camp inmate.
I never read/heared that such would wear a metal plate on his clothes.

[der bunkermann]

Hi Steve, History1.
I found this also, triangle and stripe for rückfallige inmate.
But as you say, something made me think they would not use a metal insignia..
Maybe for a forced laborour or something like that?

[steve248]

I was thinking of the scenario where shirts and jackets etc were removed - say an outside building party - and the guards still needed you identifiable.

[history1]

Hi Steve, History1.
I found this also, triangle and stripe for rückfallige inmate.
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Hi,

it´s not a triangle and a stripe but a pentagon on its head and a stripe.
And it seems to be relatively big. One needs only to sharpen the edges and has a nice weapon easy to hide on the hand.

[history1]

That´s why concentration camp inmates had also number and prisoner sympols on their trousers:
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset ... 2908%7D%7D