1931 SA Braunschweig Treffen

[RonR]

Three different for your review...


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67

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78

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S&l


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Assmann


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Hollow back


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[RonR]

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[Br. James]

Beauties, one and all, Ron; thanks for sharing them with us! While RZM-marked badges clearly post-date the two-day event in Brunswick in 1931, is it your understanding that the hollow-stamped badges -- both the round and the oval-shaped -- were actually sold at the event itself? And if that was the case, I wonder why there were two different designs for the same event badge?

Br. James

[sgstandard]

Sa

I'm pretty sure that the "round" SA-Treffen badges were the ones worn during the actual event. Later, when it was officially made an award, was when they became more vertically elongated, IMO. I've never liked the aluminum ones with the misshapened swastika wreath like the one in the middle. I guess they're ok - just never liked them. That M1/63 aluminum one is a real beauty!!

[Br. James]

I thought so too, for the longest time, but I don't believe the elevation of the Brunswick March of 1931 to "official status" came until after 1933, and the hollow-stamped badge Ron shares with us in his pix appears to be a cheaply-made event tinnie akin to the round design. I wouldn't suppose such a piece would have been struck once the event it commemorated became recognized and honored Party-wide.

Br. James

[Erich B.]

The hollow back example here looks to be a casting rather than a diestruck example. Usually the reverse will be as detailed as the obverse on these and not lose details.
Erich

[Wood]

The hollow back example here looks to be a casting rather than a diestruck example. Usually the reverse will be as detailed as the obverse on these and not lose details.
Erich

The reverse looks similar to modern Polish fake tinnies. Not saying it is, also, I have not seem a horizontal pin attachment on this badge before .
Pete