the rarest Erwacht enamel pin.....:)

[jscott]

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it is shown in the Husken catalog on page 237....item number P1 03J
you are correct it is not in the Cone book because she probably didnt know it existed....i also believe this was a pin from the early days of the Nazi movement,
similiar to the plain A. Hitler pins with no markings and the early Nun ist recht pins
mike

Sorry about the color of the text in my last post, I tried to change it but couldn't. I really don't like this forums program.

Ok let's get this straight, I thought JR Cone was a man.

[Mike Pinkus]

i have heard from some source long ago that she was a woman....who ever he or she is they dropped off the face of the earth as i have not been able to contact either of them

Sorry about the color of the text in my last post, I tried to change it but couldn't. I really don't like this forums program.

Ok let's get this straight, I thought JR Cone was a man.

[Mike Tucker]

I have never met or spoken with J.R. Cone, but from the dedication in the front of "One People, One Reich" the author appears to be a man. The dedication reads "To my wife Nealia for putting up with the erratic behavior of a writer during the many months spent on this work. To my son Travis who woke up countless times to the chattering of typewriter keys, and to my daughter heather who miraculously slept through it all."

[skip]

Mike,

sorry to pee on your parade but I would agree with Stephan. The texting places this to after the Nazis came to power, just like Stephen says "Germany has woken up" wereas before it was "Germany wake up"
I´ve run it by a couple of german collectors and they are all of the same opinion.
Remember RZM did´nt come in until a few months after the Nazis had come to power, there were still small companys knocking out such badges and selling them at marches and gatherings for their own profit. That was one of the things that the RZM was meant to bring under control.
One of my German friends says this falls under Nazi kitsch which was forbidden by the RZM quiet some time after 1933.
Quality of manufacture is no pointer in the early Nazi times as there were just to many companys doing their own thing.

Skip

[Mike Pinkus]

thanks for the input Skip...no parade to pee on though...the parade for me is having this piece........so what were the other erwacht slogans used prior to 33....??
Mike
good eye on the dedication...never noticed that before....i guess that clears that up....
mike

Mike,

sorry to pee on your parade but I would agree with Stephan. The texting places this to after the Nazis came to power, just like Stephen says "Germany has woken up" wereas before it was "Germany wake up"
I´ve run it by a couple of german collectors and they are all of the same opinion.
Remember RZM did´nt come in until a few months after the Nazis had come to power, there were still small companys knocking out such badges and selling them at marches and gatherings for their own profit. That was one of the things that the RZM was meant to bring under control.
One of my German friends says this falls under Nazi kitsch which was forbidden by the RZM quiet some time after 1933.
Quality of manufacture is no pointer in the early Nazi times as there were just to many companys doing their own thing.

Skip