Small volunteer collection

[Varsity]

Hello,

Besides my other collecting interest I pick up some volunteer items when I can find them and the price is ok for me.
I just wanted to show the volunteer items I have found till now.

The larger display are just some items I like and are not all related to each other.

Regards Jim

[TrondK]

Nice looking collection.

[Dmv]

Nette verzameling Jim!

Nice collection of volunteer insignia!

[anmarlodz]

the 'P' patch is NOT volunteer patch but FORCED LABOR patch meaning that worker with this patch is Pole ( Polnische arbeiter ).

Similar with 'OST' patch which mean that worker with 'OST' patch ( ostlische arbeiter ) is from USSR ( excluding baltic states ).

People with those patches wans't volunteers but were FORCED to work for Germans.

The other patches are indeed volunteers patches for soldier in German army with other nationality than German ( there where also two categories of Germans inside III Reichs so called ; Reichs Deutsch and Ost Deutsch/ Volksdeutsche - you can find this informations in Soldbuchs / Soldiers ID documents ).

[RobertE]

Great looking collection. Are the slavic volunteer boards in the lower right of the frame pink, or red? And the NCO slav boards opposite them in the other lower corner look great as well!

Thanks for showing these. regards, Robert

[Varsity]

Thanks for the reactions!

@ RobertE, thanks.

Both Pairs are with the red colour.

the 'P' patch is NOT volunteer patch but FORCED LABOR patch meaning that worker with this patch is Pole ( Polnische arbeiter ).

Similar with 'OST' patch which mean that worker with 'OST' patch ( ostlische arbeiter ) is from USSR ( excluding baltic states ).

People with those patches wans't volunteers but were FORCED to work for Germans.

I know this

The OST patches were also worn by some Dutch workers who needed to work for the 'Arbeitseinsatz'. We have in the collection from our private museum an original grouping which we have got as a gift from an old men who worked for the Germans. He had two OST patches with his documents as well, and he told us that they worn the patches when they were forced into German labour, I don't know why but it happened.

Regards Jim

[coco bandy]

Also the printed Heer eagle is not volunteer but very nice to show in such a display!

Saw part of it few weeks ago but this looks way better!

[Jeroen wo2]

Great display! I like the insignia jim!

[Mike TM]

Very nice, thanks for sharing!!!

Mike