Collecting items issued by German Veterans Groups in America has long been one of my collecting interests. Some of these items can be very challenging when trying to determine where in America the issuing group was located. Case in point is this lapel button issued on May 24, 1914. Made by Bastian Brothers of Rochester, N.Y. this piece with the crossed German and American flags is clearly from a group in the USA. After many years of collecting I was able to put together a listing of German Military Veterans groups active in the United States which I published on the OMSA web site. Given the unique name “Deutsche Militaer Brigade” on this badge which appears only once on my list I am sure this group was located in Buffalo, N.Y.
