Anyone know the age of this pin??

[Mike Dunn]

I was wondering if this is a pre WWII era pin. Any help would be nice! Mike

[Kevin Sanders]

Pin age....

Mike-

I don't know the age, but I can tell you that there are still groups like this in Germany now.

Exact translation I don't know, but it is something like:

Protestant Church Women Willing to Help......

It will be interesting to see what comes up on this thread....

Regards-

Kevin

[Marc Sherriff]

Evangelische Frauenhilfe badge

Mike,

If this is of any help the badge is listed in a small German book I have on badges used between 1930 and 1945. There are three, the one you have, a second with the word helper/help spelt HILFE, and a third with the badge mounted on a wreath of Oak leaves, as an Honour badge. No other explanation sorry.

Marc

[Mike Dunn]

I have found three variations to this pin. Two are spelled differently--Frauenulfe--Frauenilfe--and then the one with the silver oak leaves and 25. I found the pin in Huskens's book--page139 and in "One People One Reich"page 81. It is a Lutheran Women's bagde. "One People One Reich" says it was a Third Reich ear pin and simi rare. Husken does not date it. I collect pre WWII--Thrid Reich --enamel pins. Hence forth why I would like to know the dates these pins were in use. I now have all three variations and can post the other two if anyone is interested. Thanks for the help and any that may be forth coming! Mike

[Mike Dunn]

the other two

Here are the other two pins. Lets see some other pinbacks!!!! Mike

[Frobler]

I know nothing about these badges other than what Cone has said and which you already mention. This is a pic of a similar badge currently being sold on Manions. (I do not know that the orientation of the reverse is correct).



Frobler

[all1knew]

for reference - female aid pin

to me, the reverse hardware is very Third Reich era-esque

I believe this badge is produced in gilded tombak

[all1knew]

details

[all1knew]

again

[Br. James]

Hi Mike,

According to Wikipedia, the relief organization bearing the name "Evangelische Frauenhilfe" -- Protestant Women's Aid (and herein "Evangelische/Protestant" refers directly to the Lutheran Church in Germany) -- was founded by Kaiser Wilhelm II's wife, Empress Augusta Victoria, at the close of the 19th century, and it still exists today in a number of German regions including Westphalia and the Rhineland, as well as nationally. The logos shown are also found by Googling "Evangelische Frauenhilfe" and apparently there also exists a similar pin bearing this logo within a gilt wreath. Here follows the English translation of the Wikipedia article. I hope this is helpful to you.

Br. James

Evangelical Women's Aid in Germany

The Protestant Women's Aid (EFHiD) was a women's association within the Protestant churches Germany .
History
Building of the "Westphalian Frauenhülfe" in Soest

ASEAN was established on 1 January 1899 under the patronage of Empress Auguste Viktoria founded. He goes back to the 1890 by Dean Hermann von der Goltz founded "Frauenhülfe" during the Berlin local branch of the Evangelical Church Hülfsvereins (EKH). The Women's Aid changed its name in 1916 regardless of the EKH, albeit with the same chairman, as "Evangelical Women's Aid - Total eV" and received an administrative building in Potsdam , Mirbachstrasse Straße 1, which was completed in 1918. From 1926 to Gertrud Stoltenhoff (1878-1958) became the first woman president. 1933, the Women's Aid was immediately switched and renamed "Empire Women's Aid".

1945 seized the Soviet Military Administration in Germany , the office building of the Association in Potsdam. It was now in the Soviet "Star City No.7" next to the former boarding the Empress, now KGB headquarters in Germany, and served as a KGB prison .

The club itself was in 1949 renamed "Evangelical Women's Aid in Germany," was divided into East and West and was only in 1992 that brought together again as EFHiD. In 1994, the club returned his Potsdamer administration building, which is currently a museum.

2005 to 2008, the Women's Aid was an umbrella organization together with the Protestant women's work in Germany eV organized (EFD). 12,000 women's groups in 12 Protestant churches were cared for by him. Since March 2008, the Women's Aid, women's work and 40 other Protestant women's associations in the new umbrella organization are Evangelical Women in Germany (EFID) together.
Activity

The original social and diaconal orientation of the Relief associations that actually help others offered (eg by exposure to maternal health works for women from poorer sections), has today changed greatly. The problem today Relief Movement is the aging of its members and the lack of offspring. Nevertheless, the Relief work is a focus of the evangelical community work in Germany.

Women's Aid abroad, ie disaster relief and development aid , is done by the non-profit and charitable organization Women's Aid Association.

See also

German-Protestant Women's League

External links

Evangelical Women in Germany (EFID)
History of the Westphalian Women's Aid
The history of the Brandenburg Women's Aid (memorial and meeting Leistikowstraße)

[Br. James]

One further note, Mike: you might try contacting the national "Evangelische Frauenhilfe" organization with your question regarding the age of this pin design.

Cheers,

Br. James

[Silesien]

And that ribbon on that round bronze Imperial medal on the far left is the wrong ribbon; the correct ribbon is a multi-striped ribbon of black-white-red.

[all1knew]

And that ribbon on that round bronze Imperial medal on the far left is the wrong ribbon; the correct ribbon is a multi-striped ribbon of black-white-red.

correct, just how I received them.

William Kramer