Identification help on DLV badge wanted!

[Peppe864]

I saw this for me very unusal DLV badge/tinnie, can anyone tell me more about it? Strange but interesting design......

[TobyR]

Personally, I don't think it is the DLV you are thinking of. If it is, I have never seen the bee symbol used.

Perhaps it could be another organisation with the intials DLV, such as the Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag.

Best,
Toby.

[Peppe864]

thanks for the input Toby...............

[HPL2008]

Indeed, the "DLV" initials are just coincidence; this bee has nothing to do with the Deutscher Luftsportverband. It is the official membership badge for the Deutscher Landfrauenverband. ("Landfrauen" = lit. "country women", generally meaning women living in rural areas, especially farmer's wives and daughters.)

Please see here for the manufacturer's website:
http://www.greifenkunst.de/showpage.php?SiteID=16

While the direct forerunners of this organization have been in existence since 1898, the DLV has existed under this particular name since 1948, while the Greifenkunst firm - according to their website - has been the licensed manufacturer of this badge since 1953. So, the badge itself is definitely post-war.

Nonetheless, the bee symbol has apparently been used by the Landfrauen organizations from the very start. See here for an image of Elisabet Boehm, the foundress of the first such association; notice the bee jewellery she is wearing:

http://www.landfrauen-intern2.de/typ...b883f86d36.jpg

[Peppe864]

Thanks for the great info on the badge