Has anyone seen this pin before

[dolchmann07]

Has anyone seen this pin before. Sorry the pictures are the best available, Thanks Jack Neeley

[Chris Lee]

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Jack,
I`ve got one just like it but have totally been unable to find out anything about it

[Curt Steinbach]

Not that it's going to solve your mystery but to me the letters look like Fraktur - either an upper case B or a more stylized R with a Z below that. I spent quite some time on Skype today with a friend in Germany trying to figure it out. Sorry I can't add more but maybe it will point you in the right direction.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur_(Schrift)

Curt

[Chris Lee]

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Not that it's going to solve your mystery but to me the letters look like Fraktur - either an upper case B or a more stylized R with a Z below that. I spent quite some time on Skype today with a friend in Germany trying to figure it out. Sorry I can't add more but maybe it will point you in the right direction.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur_(Schrift)

Curt

Curt,
Yes, this is a tough one. I`ve spent alot of time trying to find out what this is to no avail. There`s gotta be someone out there who has an answer. These are really nicely made pins. The pictures don`t do it justice

[Gerdan]

As the colours surrounding the pin are black, white red it should be related with the German

Imperial period - pre 1918 or related to an organzisation which comes from this time - even

existing later.

"Black - white - red" have been the colours of the German Impire.

Gerdan

[dolchmann07]

Has anyone seen this pin before

Could it be a Bahn Schutze pin ? Please ignore my poor spelling and does any one think it could be post WWII. I read the Imperial post.
Thanks Jack Neeley

[Chris Lee]

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Could it be a Bahn Schutze pin ? Please ignore my poor spelling and does any one think it could be post WWII. I read the Imperial post.
Thanks Jack Neeley

I can pretty safely say its NOT post war.

[Curt Steinbach]

Could it be a Bahn Schutze pin ? Please ignore my poor spelling and does any one think it could be post WWII. I read the Imperial post.
Thanks Jack Neeley

Gerdan is right and I had forgotten to mention the former national colours. You can be fairly sure it is pre Third Reich.

Curt

[Chris Lee]

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If I get a chance, I`ll post the one I have. The only other one I`ve seen was sold at auction for an undisclosed price with no description

[Chris Lee]

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Here`s a pic of the one I`ve got