Kyffhäuserbund - Badge 50 Years

[Elena]

Hello,

so here was an other badge i become today from my uncle to start my own little collection.

He said its a Badge from the Kriegerverein.


Greetings Elena


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[Enzian]

Interesting. Has the swastika been voided materially or just photographically?

I have a Kyffhaeuser medal (the type that goes on a ribbon bar) commemorating the WWI veterans.

Is Kyffhauser Bund still active? I know the Stahlhelm is still around. Ask your uncle?

Thanks!

Cheers,

Enzian

[Carsten135]

hi elena and enzian

Nice and orig. KB 50 years needle and in exellent condition, pretty rare in this katagory. congrat

well i have always considered KB collecting as a " in between meal" or easy to collect whit humanizd prices, most of these things i have is allways some stuff that i had attached to a veterans lot or a box of medals from german friends some of the stuff i keept bec it was beutifull or just related to other organisations but... not in my main intrest. ill set some pics of my collection here but i do have alot more stashed ( spanges, badges or needles ) away and it will take me days to find anyway it have also a place in history and as i do too underestimate the value of the KB history is a sad thing.
Here is some history and pics arround the KB that might answear your question enzian.

The Kyffhäuserbund's origins lie in a section of the Deutscher Kriegerbund (German Warrior League) that established a league in 1900 that would unite the formerly scattered German war veterans' associations. Some of these organizations had been already administrating the maintenance of the memorial together. The league was initially named "Kyffhäuserbund der deutschen Landeskriegerverbände" (Kyffhäuser League of the German Countries' Warriors Associations), a name that became later abbreviated to "Kyffhäuserbund".

By 1913 this umbrella organization had already 2.8 million war veterans as its members and it had become one of the largest societies in Germany. During the time of the German Empire the Kyffhäuserbund was instrumentalized against the growing social democratic movement in Germany.

The difficult circumstances of World War I's postwar years led to a significant shrinking of the veterans' associations and their role. In 1921, during the Weimar Republic, this organization shed its federal structure and centralized itself under a common leadership. Following this step it changed its name to "Deutscher Reichskriegerbund 'Kyffhäuser' e.V." (German Warriors Association 'Kyffhäuser').

In the name of Gleichschaltung, the Kyffhäuserbund was nazified after the Nazi takeover of power in 1933. Five years later, its name was altered to "NS-Reichskriegerbund 'Kyffhäuser' e.V." (Nationalsocialist Reich Warriors Association 'Kyffhäuser'), becoming the sole and exclusive organization representing the Veterans' interests in the Third Reich.

The Kyffhäuserbund was swiftly and unceremoniously disbanded during the Second World War, in March 1943, by Adolf Hitler himself. Apparently the reason was the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Its assets in the whole Reich were transferred to the NSDAP. All its surviving local associations, which in the last phase of the war effort became the breeding ground for Volkssturm units, were also placed under the direct orders of the Nazi Party.

After Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, the Allied Military Governments issued a special law, Kontrollratsgesetz Nr. 2, for the disbandment and liquidation of the Nazi organizations (Auflösung und Liquidierung der Naziorganisationen) on the 10th Oktober 1945. This Denazification decree outlawed the Nazi party and all of its branches, effectively disbanding the Kyffhäuserbund's avatar that had been established during the Third Reich.

The disbandment of the Kyffhäuserbund meant that it had to be established anew during the postwar reconstruction of both West Germany and the DDR.

The reestablishment of the Kyffhäuser organization with federal state branches began in 1952 in the German Federal Republic. The present-day Kyffhäuserbund emphasizes its role as a shooting sports association.

cheers and enjoy


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[Elena]

Hello Enzian,

i have asked my uncle. So he told me that the Kyffhäuserbund was still active.

Here is the website of the Kyffhäuserbund: http://www.kyffhaeuserbundev.de/

No i have overpainted the swastika with "Windows Paint" - here in germany are the swastika forbidden so i dont will have problems with the police

On the badge was a real swastika


I have voided a part of the swastika with paint again. Sont worry the swastika was still there

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[Elena]

Thanks for showing Carsten. Thats very nice!


Greetings Elena

[Carsten135]

here whit 2 mitgleidnumbers and thats it, see ya

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[Carsten135]

oh i didnt see your post inbetween anyway thanks to you elena

cheers

[Elena]

This badges and dokuments are all very nice

My uncle have the oval medal to. For what was the madal awarded?



Greetings Elena

[Carsten135]

hi elena

Sounds nice whit things direct from recipients famaly and if you can post it i can tell you what it is there is a whole variaty of medals from diffrent regions so theres meny oval medals both pre and post war.
well my oval medal is as some refers the hindenburg medal, is was for veterans participating in the 1 world war this on is whit swords.
cheers

[Carsten135]

hi elena

just found 1 more relation to the subject, your uncle will proberly like this its in mint condition

well see ya later.

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[pagannz]

Carsten that is cool. Would very much like to add something like that to my small collection