Stuart is quite right - the Ludendorff pin is bad. "Ludendorf" is spelled with only one "F" and these pins date from 1925, but the RZM didn't start until 1935 - 10 years later. And no - they weren't re-issued. Ludendorf was in the political doghouse by 1934. The oval pinplate with clipped ends is only found on modern fakes. These badges are all over the web for sale.
I agree that the rzm mark should not be there so this makes it a bad badge. Not so sure about the spelling issue though.
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