what do you think about this rare SS pin?
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Original SS FM supporters pin. -
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Hello all,
I beg to differ but this isn't a 'FM Supporters' pin. It is a 'FM Honorary Membership' pin/badge for extended membership time.
Regards,
JohnComment
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John, I think if you go back to some earlier threads you will find that your pin and the one at the beginning of the thread are properly termed Ehrennadel d. FM Mitglieder. These more ornate pin were created at Himmler's order to honor the earliest FM Members. These were the first 30,000 financial supporters of the SS. The number was later expanded to the first 50,000. The FM had their own organization, membership book and membership pin; their organization provided financial support for the SS. If they stopped their pledged payments, the pins and books were to be returned to the local SS-Sturm.Comment
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I give up...who is right, John or Joe?Comment
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Joe,
Of course, you are correct with your more extended and in depth description of the badge and the ensuing organization. However, the German word "Ehrennadel" as you have previously described and interpreted as 'Honor" or Honorary is how you've used in our previous discussions consequently, my verbiage.
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JohnComment
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These Ehrennadels were intended to honor those early FM Members by the more elaborate design on the front. And as you have seen in your collection of FM magazines, these pin were presented with much pomp and circumstance by the local SS Sturm. But these FM Members were not honorary SS members.Comment
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Lovely original.
regards, WimFreedom is not for FreeComment
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I stand corrected, it's the "honor needle", which i should have known.Comment
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Perhaps someone should point out the difference to Detlev. There is a big difference between the FM Abzeichen and the FM Ehrennadel.Comment
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Whatever!
Oh, go find me a HD Ehrennadel. That's what I need..er.... want anyway.Comment
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Is that instead of the vintage tube version?Comment
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You mean an AM Ehrennadel Doc?Comment
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