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I thought it may be a good idea to have a thread on what can be achieved with researching attributable items.
Here is a SSFM (Fördernde Mitglieder der SS) membership book I researched some time ago. It all began with a hunch that if he can contribute 20 RM per month (the average was 1RM), then he was likely to be a bigwig industrialist. I thought that by becoming a member, he would use it as a means of currying favour with the new regime, in the hope of gaining lucrative contracts, which was not unusual at the time.
I was told by collector friends that I was reaching a bit with the theory, but I ignored them and continued to look for evidence.
After some time digging around, I discovered that not only was he an industrialist, but also that he worked for Albert Speer during the war in the war production ministry.
The best bit of the research was to discover that on December 7th, 1944, he became an recipient of 'The Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords' (RK KvK mS).
So here are a couple of images of his membership book, labour card and short biography of the man!
Raymond
I thought it may be a good idea to have a thread on what can be achieved with researching attributable items.
Here is a SSFM (Fördernde Mitglieder der SS) membership book I researched some time ago. It all began with a hunch that if he can contribute 20 RM per month (the average was 1RM), then he was likely to be a bigwig industrialist. I thought that by becoming a member, he would use it as a means of currying favour with the new regime, in the hope of gaining lucrative contracts, which was not unusual at the time.
I was told by collector friends that I was reaching a bit with the theory, but I ignored them and continued to look for evidence.
After some time digging around, I discovered that not only was he an industrialist, but also that he worked for Albert Speer during the war in the war production ministry.
The best bit of the research was to discover that on December 7th, 1944, he became an recipient of 'The Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords' (RK KvK mS).
So here are a couple of images of his membership book, labour card and short biography of the man!
Raymond
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