Just wanted to show one of my latest estate pick ups. Shown just the way I bought it from the vets nephew along with an ID'd schutzpolizei helmet I'll be showing on the helmet forum. Pinned to a panzer breast eagle along with a panzer collar tab and his US rifle marksmans medal. A very hard to locate enamel badge, shown in Cones book.
Not positive how the grades worked. Membership for one and an honor grade but which is which? Off the top of my head I can think of one more style, a rectangular enameled piece with a border. Don Scowen has an example and an in wear image.
Robert's example also comes in silver and gold. I think Mazz's example is the membership pin. Someone please correct me if mistaken.
--dj--Joe
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Posts: 4582 | Location: USA | Registered: 01 August 2000
Indeed it is unclear what exactly the Ehrennadel was for. It came as a standard member pin like the one in Mazz's post, with a wreath around the lower half in either silver or gold (the silver version can occasionally be found in 900 silver). The gold version was changed to a rectanglular shape at some point as Joe mentions. I imagine that they were for length of membership in the organisation, or maybe seniority.
The oval style posted by Robert is a Leistungsabzeichen, an achievement or proficiency badge not unlike the H.J. sports badge that we are familiar with. A particular grade in an test had to be attained to qualify for the badge.
Hüsken states in his catalogue that they came in bronze, silver & gold, however I've never seen a gold badge in that exact design. I strongly suspect that the gold oval version with a date bar accross the middle (listed by Hüsken as a "Deutscher Meister" badge is infact the gold Leistungsabzeichen.
Cheers Don
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Posts: 2598 | Location: England | Registered: 27 June 2002
Although I have no documentation to back this up, I had read some time ago that the blue enameled clipped diamond Stenographers Association pin was awarded/promoted by the Gabelsberger Academic School (which was also a publishing company).
Just some undocumented info I thought I would pass on for comment - I do not know how this affects the other steno varieties.
I know it was post April 2005 we discussed it.
that's a tough one to find.
