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    Unknown pin - SS VDL, help with ID

    Just found this pin between other known pins and tinnies.
    Would be anybody able to help me with identification and verification of this item? Thanks in advance.
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      #3
      Hi Miro,

      This is not a SS pin but a VDL pin.

      VDL stand for: "Verein der Lokomotivführer".

      Kind regards,
      Gaston

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        #4
        Great, thank you. I thought I saw Sieg Runes under the machine...

        Which means postwar pin, marked O for Steinhauer and Lück?

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          #5
          I think it is "Verein deutscher Lokomotivführer"

          http://www.grimmstory.de/sites/Weser...tivfuehrer.htm


          http://de.picclick.com/Sammlerst-ck-...393722179.html

          Gerdan

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            #6
            Hi Gerdan,

            Thank you for the links. If I understand the second link correctly, VDL existed only until 1919, then it was renamed to GDL (Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer). But this badge really looks newer, at least to me...

            Miro

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              #7
              Hi Miro,

              it is the "Verein deutscher Lokomotivführer".

              During the Third Reich time the GDL changed the name for a few years back to VDL.

              Please see this plaque for example:

              https://www.huesken.com/shop/de/deut...orm-69399.html

              Uwe

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                #8
                Thank you all for useful info.

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