Old Marine Posted February 1, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2019 I know these are badges for WWI Veterans. However if anyone could shed some light on exactly what I have here I would appreciate it. Who wore these? Were these for members of a party sanctioned veteran's organization? Were these worn by military personnel with WWI service? Is it normal for the gold navy eagle to be looking the opposite direction of the silver army ones? And one last question, what is the left looking variation on left? Is that just a variation or an early style. Anyway any comments or observations will be appreciated. Thanks Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted February 1, 2019 the backs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 1, 2019 Share #3 Posted February 1, 2019 It's my understanding that the organization was formed in WWI, not necessarily for just WWI vets, as the DRKB...renamed NS-RKB in 1938. It was a veterans group aimed at preserving comradeship of veterans and providing financial assistance as needed. The gold one was for the NSDMB (Naval) and fell under the NS-RKB The stuff is relatively affordable and not overly popular by TR collectors, I suppose because the guys who wore these had already left service, mostly prior to WWII...but there is certainly a lot of variety there The silver one of similar pattern to the gold was for the Soldatenbund, another organization formed in 1936 before being rolled into the NS-RKB in 1938 and is a fairly tough to find emblem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 1, 2019 Share #4 Posted February 1, 2019 Most of those emblems are listed for sale here with a little more history on each in the description... https://www.germanmilitaria.com/Political/05VeteranOrg.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted February 1, 2019 Brig, Thanks for the information and the link. The photos of the caps with these eagles on them was very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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