Armband and Badge - Freikorps

[andya]

Hi
hope this is the correct section. Can anyone give me any information on this armband and small badge?
thanks
andy

[andya]

badge

the badge

[andya]

rear

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[ben baars]

Possibly it could be from the " Krieger Bund ". Perhaps someone else can inform us more about the difference between Freikorps and Krieger Bund.

[stuart c]

Hi Andy
I have the exact same badge. It is in fact Hungarian, the makers mark is from Budapest. I was told it was for veterans of WW1 that had served at the front, but thats as much as I know.

[iltisfront]

hello,
i have got a book about freikorps and their insignias and i can not find the items you showed on your photos inside
the difference between a kriegerbund and a freikorps is,that a kriegerbund is a kind of comradeship of old fighters and a freikorps was an active organisation that did political work and a part of the freikorps wanted to govern the area where they were, you must see this in the situation after WW1 and the versailler vertrag /
in the weimarer republic germany was only allowed to have official 100000 soldiers and so there were a lot of freikorps as a kind of inofficial military organisations

[iltisfront]

sorry, i forgot something,
the armband you asked for is from the so called bayernwacht,that was a bavarian selfsecure organisation from the BVP ( bavarian volk party ), these organisation only had to to with the BVP and was against other partys and the NSDAP it was closed on the 13.4.33

[ben baars]

iltisfront,
Thanks for your good explaining of the the difference between Reichskriegerbund and Freikorps. On the badge I see an iron cross (German army ww1) , thats why I'm more tending to think it has to do with Reichskriegerbund.

[andya]

Many thanks for all your help. Excellent replies as always.
regards
andy