Wehrwolf Badge

[John Doe]

Hi,

I just saw this badge on Detlev today, what to do you think about their authenticy?


Regards, Javier

[Robin Lumsden]

Nice original.

[John Doe]

What about the W ? In your´s different...

Regards, Javier

[Robin Lumsden]

Different makers = differences in detail.

[mietek]

Hi.

Could you write more about that badge? When was produced, who recieved it etc.?
What about "wehrwolf"? After ww2 exists (probably). How was during ww1?

thanks for all information.

mietek

[Robin Lumsden]

Wehrwolf in this context was an ex-servicemen's association which grew from a smaller group set up to resist the French occupation of the Ruhr. It should not be confused with other Wehrwolf groups such as the resistance movement of 1944-45 under Hans Pruetzmann. They all derived their names from a pre-WW1 novel called 'The Wehrwolf', about earlier military resistance during the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon.

This Wehrwolf group, of over 100,000 ex-servicemen, was also known as the 'Bund deutscher Maenner' and was disbanded in the early-mid 1930s with many members going into the SA. They went under the banner of the death's head. If you look at photos of parades from the 1920s-30s and see large black flags with white skulls and an Iron Cross in the canton - that's Wehrwolf men.

A short explanation of a very complex subject.

The badge is just the membership badge they wore with civilian clothes. Many thousands were produced, but they are now quite rare.

[John Doe]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=wehrwolf

Regards, Javier

[mietek]

Javier, Robin thank you very much!!! I learn new things, great

mietek

[Brian S]

I would assume the later 1945 group had no devices. As they were hunted down and executed by Allied troops.