Some Political Buttons etc.

[Doug Kenwright]

Gents, thought I would share some buttons that I picked up over the years when I was stationed In Germany. Perhaps you could help with the identification of the green one..not sure where that one came from, it popped up in the pile..it seems to be made of a composite material..a couple of questions:

Is the silver button for a Kepi?
What is the green button?
Are the wreathed eagle buttons for PL's, same as the later type?

I believe the button sans swastika is Weimar period? It was found on the grounds of a former Wehrmacht training Kaserne in Lahr.

[RonR]

State Service/Diplomat Corps Button.............


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[RonR]

Believe this to be a Strafanstaltsbeamte (Prison Officials) button.......


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[Doug Kenwright]

Thank's Ron..now if we could just find some more buttons..and the rest of the tunic..we would be in business!

[Silesien]

That is not a Prison Official's button,- it is a button of the Prussian Forestry Service, made of dark-green horn; see the Assmann & Sohne catalog, items 22322, 22323, & 22340.

[jh-ss44]

correct , prussian forestry service.

[Doug Kenwright]

The silver button I was wondering about was the plain one..is that one a Kepi Button?