DAF-Honour pin in Gold

[der-hase-fee]

Thanks for this contribution, Stan !

[Bob Hritz]

Thank you for posting the document. I have never seen one before. Mine is cased, but the case number dies not match the number on the pin.

Bob Hritz

[JoeW]

From my post of a year ago May 2016 in this link http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...&highlight=daf

I have tried to locate some period reference to the golden pins, but have had no success as yet. I did not find a mention of the pins in any of the earlier "reference books" on TR medals and badges either, but decided to check the copy of the Angolia/Littlejohn book on the German Labor Organizations and found it mentioned.



As usual, a rather uninformative description other than the creation of a couple names in German. And of course, no reference to their source for information which is typical of these works. But the suggestion of "DAF goldene Ehrennadel" does have some merit. I think of the appearance of the golden DAF insignia and can only associate it with the award of the DAF Musterbetriebe or later Kriegsmusterbetriebe.

I would posit the theory that these golden DAF honor badges were presented to the Betriebesführers (Factory Management/Owners) of those factories that received the golden DAF flags. This is basically what Stan opined in the earlier thread. But as I pointed out in the posted link above the designation of the factory is only good for a year , so why give the owner the pin? Has anyone seen one of the Besitzurkunde mentioned by Angolia/Littlejohn?

So thanks to Kay and Stan, we have an example of the Besitzurkunde and we can dismiss the information on the pin in Angolia/Littlejohn's book on labor organizations as total fabrication. The name of the pin is of course the Abzeichens der Nationalsozialistischen Musterbetriebe. And it does not appear that the pin issue number is indicated on the Besitzurkunde unless it is marked on the reverse.

In a previous thread I had indicated that I found eleven numbered RZM accepted examples of the DAF Musterbetriebe Abzeichen: 8,145,179,536,
561,588,874,980,1073,1328 and 1343; and one example unmarked on the reverse except for the hand applied number 14.

Any additional numbers to add to this list?

[Stan]

Joe,

My new cased pin is marked 1332.

Here is the reverse of the Urkunde which is plain.

Stan

[Stan]

Joe,

You can add "245" to your list.

This pin is being auctioned next month by Thies.

Stan

[Stan]

Here is the cased DAF- Honour pin no. 1332 I recently acquired.

Stan

[Stan]

Matching number "1332".

[JoeW]

Outstanding example Stan! Thank you for sharing the imgages with us.

[Br. James]

You're a lucky collector and historian, Stan -- you have my admiration and my congratulations upon landing a rare and excellent addition to your collection!

Br. James

[Marc verstraete]

Another cased pin :-) Posted for reference.

[Marc verstraete]

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[Stan]

Excellent piece Marc.

Strange that the early ones were made of 333 Gold but the one's with higher numbers gold plated. I have yet to see a cased "333" type.

Stan

[Bob Hritz]

I have wondered what is the composition of the non 333 marked pins. Those I have examined, in hand, showed no wear to the finish. 333 is only 8 karat, which is not much of a jewelry alloy.

Bob Hritz

[Marc verstraete]

I have wondered what is the composition of the non 333 marked pins. Those I have examined, in hand, showed no wear to the finish. 333 is only 8 karat, which is not much of a jewelry alloy.

Bob Hritz

Exactly, no wear at all and never cleaned since 70+ years. ( I speak about mine) It must be a heavy gold plating.
Provenance, French officer of the 2 DB free french army in Berchtensgarden 1945.
M.