Who knows this badge?

[Nimble1]

My VS stickpin.Did we come to an agreement as to which organization it actually belongs to ?? My copy of H & H list it as a pin for Volkssozialistische Selbsthilfe on page 88, H & H # 5630

[sjl]

To answer the book title question, it is called: "Handbuch der Abzeichen deutscher Organisationen 1871-1945" by Werner Heering and Andre Husken.

My pocket edition is 1990/1992. It is invaluable. You can get it in other places than Manions. Try Pieces of History or Combat Books.

I double checked and my edition has it listed as I said above. I've also seen it elsewhere as the Volksliste Saar, and it shows up as a similar tinnie.

My VS stickpin.Did we come to an agreement as to which organization it actually belongs to ?? My copy of H & H list it as a pin for Volkssozialistische Selbsthilfe on page 88, H & H # 5630

[Duzig]

Thank you James, this is exactly the book I was looking for. Again thanks for your reply.
Duzig(Bill)

[Duzig]

Stephen,
I thank you also for your reply.
Duzig(Bill)

[VerKuilen Ager]

The Saar listing was an error in earlier editions of Heering-Hüsken. That misidentification was corrected in 1997 by deleting it from the Saar section. It now only appears in the Wohlfahrtspflege area.

For another "shaking hands" emblem of the social welfare categories see the membership pin of the RDKbuKu (H-H #5703a, b, & c).

I hate to contradict the moderator, but this badge is actually for the Volksliste Saar (VS) and it is a table medal version of the Volkslisten-abzeichen (Husken & Heering #A103a, p. 218). The VS was a pro-German reunification group agitating for the Saar to be returned to Germany after it was taken away by the Treaty of Versailles.

One can guess that the table medal was given as a token of thanks by the German government for those in the Saar who led the fight for reunification, and the one with holes was either for use on a presentation plaque or maybe on a door of members of the organization.

[Nimble1]

Stephen, I think this is the tinnie you are referring to.

[sjl]

Yep - that's one of the tinnies I was thinking of.

I guess I'm going to have to fork out for a newer edition of H&H. Sorry if I steered you wrong. I still have a sneaking suspicion that the earlier edition of H&H is right and it is Saar-specific. The eagle is pretty distinctive (look at the curled tongue and "shoulders") and is identical to the first tinnie.

By the way, is there a maker's mark on the table medal or door plaque to show where it was made? If it was in the Saar, then I'd lean towards the Volksliste Saar again.

[Nimble1]

Stephen,
Here is a pic of the back of my pin. Is marked FMK