Hello
A while ago a friend of the family asked me what this badge was and I told her it was an SA Sports Badge. After, she asked an "expert" and he reassured her it wasn't a sports badge....she couldn't remember what it was but she knew he said it was something for some high official......
Anyway, I'm not an expert on German badges but I'm not "special" either so I would like my facts checked before I tell her again!
This is the Type I issued between March 1934 and January 1935 as can be seen by the marking under the pin, "EIGENTUM D. CHEFS D. AUSBILDUNGSWESENS"...Property of the Chief of Training Staff.
BONNER KUNSTABZ. is the maker mark and I assume the other is the city he is in?
The S/N indicates this would have been issued a bit later in 1935 as only about 166,000 of the first type badge were issued.
Even with an serial number it's not really possible to track down who the badge was awarded to (I assume).
This is the part I am most unsure of, the first badges were awarded thus: Bronze for competitor, Silver for Instructor, Gold for Judge. It was later that they were awarded for physical fitness requirements? I may be way off here.
I'm not sure if this badge is bronze or gold, the finish on the front shows wear and you can see a darker bronze color underneath but it really isn't what I would call a gold color. I know it's really hard to determine color on these from a photograph.
Thank you very much for everyone who has posted info on these in the past, I really did learn a lot.
Any help, input, or corrections would be greatly appreciated!
Eric
A while ago a friend of the family asked me what this badge was and I told her it was an SA Sports Badge. After, she asked an "expert" and he reassured her it wasn't a sports badge....she couldn't remember what it was but she knew he said it was something for some high official......
Anyway, I'm not an expert on German badges but I'm not "special" either so I would like my facts checked before I tell her again!
This is the Type I issued between March 1934 and January 1935 as can be seen by the marking under the pin, "EIGENTUM D. CHEFS D. AUSBILDUNGSWESENS"...Property of the Chief of Training Staff.
BONNER KUNSTABZ. is the maker mark and I assume the other is the city he is in?
The S/N indicates this would have been issued a bit later in 1935 as only about 166,000 of the first type badge were issued.
Even with an serial number it's not really possible to track down who the badge was awarded to (I assume).
This is the part I am most unsure of, the first badges were awarded thus: Bronze for competitor, Silver for Instructor, Gold for Judge. It was later that they were awarded for physical fitness requirements? I may be way off here.
I'm not sure if this badge is bronze or gold, the finish on the front shows wear and you can see a darker bronze color underneath but it really isn't what I would call a gold color. I know it's really hard to determine color on these from a photograph.
Thank you very much for everyone who has posted info on these in the past, I really did learn a lot.
Any help, input, or corrections would be greatly appreciated!
Eric
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