Imperial pins????

[RUHL13]

Hi Guys, Any ideas what these pins are?
Unfortunately the pins have been broken off
Regards,
Gary

[Brad Posey]

The first one is from a Landwehr orgaization or club in Eisenach. Eisenach is in the German state of Thueringen and the castle you see on the pin is the Wartburg which is situated above Eisenach and where Martin Luther translated the Bibel into German.

I have no clue about the other one.


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[Gerdan]

The "Landwehrverein Eisenach" was a military veterans organization in Eisenach (town in Thuringia).

In other towns you found also such named clubs, so in Göttingen:

http://www.militaria321.com/thumb.cfm?imageID=3586707

Gerdan

[Gerdan]

I forgot to add:

In the inventory of the stock of local townarchive of Eisenach I found the entry:

Militärvereine:
......
- Eisenacher Kriegerverein (1872 - 1921) -
Landwehr- und Kriegerverein Wartburg (1918 - 1926) - vorher: Landwehrverein (1900 - 1914).

So you can identify your veterans organization which had the name "Landwehrverein" on the pin from 1900 - 1914 - than changed in "Landwehr- und Kriegerverein Wartburg.

So the origin of your pin is dated between 1900 and 1914.


Gerdan

Gerdan

[speedytop]

Hi,

I think, that the second badge is from a "Verein der Badener" (V.d.B.) in Koblenz.

It must have been an association of peoples born in Baden, but living in Koblenz.

Baden:
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...20100424172141

Koblenz:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Wappen_Koblenz.jpg

Uwe

[RUHL13]

Thank You
I am guessing there is really no value with out pins?
Maybe just good as display pieces
Regards,
Gary