Here`s another tinnie I`ve just come across that I have no idea what it is. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks & Happy Holidays To All
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The symbol, resembling a "P" across a bar, set in a diamond like it appears on the man's arm was used by the Ostmärkische Sturmscharen & their youth group, the Ostmark Jugend.
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DonComment
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Don,
Thanks for that info. Would this then possibly be an Austrian tinnie and was it a pro or anti-Nazi organization?Comment
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Sorry, yes they were Austrian, but I have no idea as to their political leanings I'm afraid.
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DonComment
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This is what Wikipedia has to say abouy them :-
Ostmärkische Sturmscharen was a political paramilitary force founded on December 7, 1930 in Innsbruck, Austria, recruited from the Katholische Jugend (Catholic Youth), later from journeymen and teacher organisations, forming an opposition to the Heimwehr. Kurt Schuschnigg was its "Reichsführer". The Ostmärkische Sturmscharen spread over the entire Austrian territory in 1933, comprising 15,000 members according to their own figures, but never became very popular. In Lower Austria they incorporated the "Lower Austrian Heimwehr" and were supported by the Bauernbund (Austrian Farmers' Federation). The chairman of the Bauernbund Leopold Figl was their "Landesführer". The Ostmärkische Sturmscharen declared themselves a cultural organisation on April 11, 1936, hence the dissolution of all defence forces in October 1936 was for them merely a formality.
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Stuart,
Thank you for this info. Very cool if I must say so myself
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Now that is interesting indeed because the German organisation "Katholischer Jungmännerverband Deutschlands" used a symbol that was almost the same & I have often wondered if there was a connection......
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DonComment
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Here the symbol again, connected with Östmärkische Sturmscharen:
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...a%3DN%26um%3D1
GerdanComment
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Interesting! What do you think the flag represents?Comment
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