SS Leistungsrune Award

[Jan Arne S]

Hei Guys !
I post some scans from Norwegian NS officail News Paper " Fritt Folk " about the award seremony of the SS-Leistungsrune at Kongsvinger 16.08.1944 , this article was in "Fritt Folk" 19.08.1944 .
New Paper is in my Collection .
Headline is : The German SS - Leistunsrune awarded for first time in Norway .
In Article : SS-Reichfuhrer ( Himmler ) had more imported thing to do , and SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Rediess was the award leader , SS-Sturmbahnfuhrer Leib was also at the award , and minister Riisnæs ( NS Norway ) .
25 member of "Germanske SS Norge" awarded the SS-Lesitungsrune , 15 in Bronze and 10 in Silver .

Jan Arne

[Jan Arne S]

part 2 of article .

Jan Arne

[Jan Arne S]

part 3 of article .

Germanske Dugleiks Rune = SS Leistungsrune .

Jan Arne

[Akira Takiguchi]

I love these period newspaper articles as a good proof! Thank you for sharing Jan Arne!

[Anthony Evans]

beautiful picture of a zinc award

[Robin Lumsden]

Anthony.

See the differences between that one and the one on your avatar? As discussed in the earlier thread. Here's proof positive of an original, photographed at the time.

[Anthony Evans]

yes but if you noticed i said nice zinc, from what i gather there was a silver plated and a silver-washed zinc (and the bronze should be the exzactly like the ones that are like the one in the picture)

[Robin Lumsden]

yes but if you noticed i said nice zinc, from what i gather there was a silver plated and a silver-washed zinc (and the bronze should be the exzactly like the ones that are like the one in the picture)

Anthony.
They were all zinc.
Any of these things in brass, plated brass, bronze, plated bronze, nickel silver or hallmarked silver are the stuff of fantasy.
And before the Gahr one gets mentioned - I don't believe in that either.

[Anthony Evans]

so that would mean there was one manufacturer of the badge, and i really doubt that, even if there was manufactur there could be different versions in the closeing days of the war

[Robin Lumsden]

so that would mean there was one manufacturer of the badge, and i really doubt that, even if there was manufactur there could be different versions in the closeing days of the war

Who said anything about only one manufacturer??

[Anthony Evans]

Well unless all the manufacturers used the same die and same material there would have to be different varations of the badge.