American Nazi badge

[flinteruk]

Av

they are great pictures ! What a collection , never seen most of those items anywhere before. This is a whole new subject all from one little badge I had been ignoring .

[Dmv]

Several years back, there was a guy at the SOS that had quite a display of AV items, and was planning to write a book on it. Here are some pics I took (with permission)...

Scott Freeland: They too were AMERICANS
The German-American Bund in Words, Photos and Artifacts
http://www.bender-publishing.com/GABund.html

[Ludwig]

Oh, so it is not a fantasy badge! Interesting!

[Antonio Scapini]

Really an interesting thread guys!
I knew the american AV, but never seen so many items in one time. Impressive.
Thanks for showing us.

[flinteruk]

Av

Have just listed this Badge under U.S militaria on E Stand if anyone wants it.

[Jody]

American Bund Badge

Hello,
I wish I could afford the badge. I like it.

Jody

[RonR]

Couple more... note the AV Frauenschaft pin and Mother's Cross (red enamel).

Here is one of those Red Mothers Cross (note the word above the Swastika)..........


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[RonR]

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[jabnus]

Ron, thanks for posting, my association membership ended last week and i can't post any pictures at the moment.

The above "Mothers Cross" (im not sure if it was actually a Mothers Cross or some sort of other membership badge of the German American Bund) has been in my collection for about a year now, it seems to have gone from you to Mike to me ;-)

best regards,
Gaston

[ValhallaMilitaria]

Interesting items here in this thread, I previously had no idea that the AV produced such an array of items and that some of them are quite appealing. Thanks to everyone who posted photos here.

[Hilton]

Very interesting thread ! The AV designs are stunning, really nice art deco.

[Richard]

A bit of an overview is provided in this link.

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article....uleId=10005684

There were summer camps set up for the youth. The Youth camps were Camp Siegfried in Yaphank, Suffolk County, New York, Camp Nordland in Suffolk County, New Jersey and the lesser known Camp Hindenburg in Grafton, Wisconsin. Here's a picture of a march in the US.

[Chet Sowersby]

This has developed into a very enlightning thread. Thanks to all that have contributed.

Chet

[Rommel1933]

That red mothers cross is amazing!

Thank you, scott

[Geof]

Apollo Jewelry

And btw Apollo Jewelry did exist. It was situated in Brooklyn and continued to manufacture until sometime in the 60's. It was a supplier to the US Military and stayed on their code lists right through the 50's and early 60's.