Decoration of the High Command of the Hitler Youth for Distinguished Foreigners

Decoration of the High Command of the Hitler Youth for Distinguished Foreigners.

Instituted on 1941

Rarity – Very Rare

Known Makers – Unmarked                

This is an oval badge that measures 34 mm by 28 mm and is slightly convexed.  It has a fine raised edge line and a similar one indented from it by 2 mm.  Into the tramline is the inscription in small raised capital letters, 'HITLER JUGEND'.  The resultant field is in filled with chocolate-brown opaque enamel.  The central field is in filled with off-white opaque enamel.  The raised metal parts of the badge are gilded and on to the body of the badge is placed a broad winged political eagle, the wings overlapping the edge of the badge.  It is clutching the Hitler Youth membership badge in its claws, which is finely executed.  The HJ diamond is superimposed over a pair of oak leaves that protrude vertically across the badge.  Where the eagle's claws clasp the leaves is an acorn on either side.  The eagle measures 28 mm from the tip of the HJ diamond to the top of the head and the wingspan is 32 mm.  The HJ diamond measures 18 mm by 12 mm.  All the metal parts of the eagle and HJ badge are finished in matt silver.

The reverse is plain with three holes with rivets.  Across the back is an oblong plate, which has a crimp in the middle, through which runs the safety-pin clip.  The oblong plate measures 14 mm by 5.5 mm.  The whole of the reverse is gilded with the portion of the rivets that protrudes being silver.

This badge was instituted in 1941 by the Hitler Youth High Command, to reward service to the Hitler Youth on the part of foreign nationals.  It could only be conferred upon non-Germans. It was issued from 1941 onwards to lower and middle ranks of foreign youth organisations. The higher ranks were awarded with the Golden HJ Honour Badge with Oak leaves. This award probably was not awarded above 350 times, making it a very rare award.  The citation that accompanied it as well as the presentation box is unknown to the author.

It has been stated that, 'examples in which the outer edge is green and also red, exist.  It is fairly certain that these later badges were only projected or pilot types, never actually issued.  I have also seen an example that has a yellow edge.  It has been intimated that the purpose of the colours was to differentiate between the various nationalities and races.  Red was for Hungarian and Rumanian youth personnel, green for Italians, Brown for the Nordic and more Arian peoples of France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.  It has been suggested that the yellow could have been for Ukrainians and peoples of that area.  Wilhelm Kube was appointed governor of Belorussia in 1941 where his ruthless administration aroused the ire of the Soviets but he was successful in recruiting the youth for the equivalent of the Hitler Youth movement.  I am fairly certain that these three forms are, at best, 'pilot' examples but fear that they are very high grade copies produced in the early '70's in Austria, along with some enamelled oval Red Cross throat awards. 

Decoration of the High Command of the Hitler Youth for Distinguished Foreigners - FAKES.

These 'Muster' (pattern) boards were first seen in the 1970s at Militaria Shows in the UK, as well as Militaria and Gun shows in the US.  They are very high grade copies produced in the early '70's in Austria, along with some enamelled oval Red Cross throat awards. These reproductions fooled many unwary collectors and dealers in the 70s and early 80s. The badges are silvered metal and enamel with rivets to hold the various parts together. The red and green bordered examples are considered fantasy items, as the original awards were only made with a brown enamel border. The brown example on the card here is not an original, though.

Hitler Youth Proficiency Badge

Hitler Youth Proficiency Badge – Iron, Bronze and Silver Class.

Instituted  - June 1934

Rarity – Common, Scarce, Scarce.

Known Makers – M/34, M/36, M/63, M/101,

The basic design of these three badges is the same with only the colour of the Class differing to indicate the grade of the award.  The badge comprises of a Tyr-Rune or runic T, which measures 51 mm high and 6 mm across the arm.  On to this is superimposed a circle that measures 30 mm across and 7 mm wide, with a voided centre.  Upon this is a swastika, which is just proud of the rest of the badge.  The gaps between the arms of the swastika have nine fine 'V' shaped lines.  On to the flat field of the circle is superimposed, in raised sham runic script, 'FÜR LEISTUNEN IN DER HJ', which translates to, For Proficiency in the HJ.

The Iron Class finish was white metal painted black, with the swastika and lettering left the base colour.  The Bronze Class finish was a bronze wash applied over a white metal badge that was then artificially patinated.  The Silver Class finish, was likewise silvered and darkly patinated on the circle and swastika, with the highlights of the letters polished.

The reverse was plain with a pin that varied in size and was held to the centre of the swastika with a plate.  The design of this can also vary quite considerably.  It has the RZM logo and the M1/ and the maker's number with the badge issue number stamped in.  An A B or C grade to denote the proficiency achieved in the relevant class, was sometimes stamped on the reverse of the badge but most examples are without this, as the entry in the proficiency book was relied upon as proof of attainment.

The award was instituted in three classes in June 1934 by Reichsjugendführer Balder von Schirach, as an incentive to improve the physical and ideological proficiency of the varying age groups of the growing membership of the Hitler Youth.  It was stated at the time that the HJ achievement badge was a prestigious award which every fit and ambitious Hitler boy and HJ leader should aim for. It was only to be awarded by the Reichsjugendführer to those who meet the stringent requirements that had been laid down. Those who wished to be awarded the badge would have to take a very keen part in at least 8 ideology study periods. These would be held as part of weekly meetings. All members of the Hitler Youth were issued a Leistungsbuch to record the achievements of the members and then to act as a certificate of proficiency. For members of the Marine-HJ and the Motor-HJ there were to be additional tasks, which would test the disciplines specific to these respective organisations. DJ and HJ boys were issued a book with one set of grading standards while the JM and BDM girls were given a book with another set. The award was primarily intended to test the abilities of the members in the following areas, Sport, Small-calibre (or air-rifle) shooting and Field Exercises.

The achievement badge was awarded on three levels:

Iron Class  - (Grades A, B, C). 

This class could be awarded to DJ and HJ members, and was restricted to boys of fifteen years old.  After 26th September 1935 with the introduction of the German Youth Proficiency Badge, the DJ members were no longer eligible and took a qualifying test for their own badge.

 Bronze Class -  (Grades A, B, C).

This badge was awarded to sixteen-year-old boys of the Hitler Youth.

Silver Class -  (Grades A, B, C).

This badge was awarded to seventeen-year-old boys of the Hitler Youth.

The members undertook a test leading to an award of the badge that consisted of a four-part test, which showed clearly how all HJ training was military oriented. 

a) Sports, athletics and gymnastics. 100 metres sprint, 300 metres

   run, long jump, putting the shot, throwing the hammer,

   Horizontal bar exercises and swimming.

b) Shooting with air rifles from the prone position, grenade

   throwing with dummies.

c) Field exercises, route marching in full kit, map

   reading, distance judging, effective use of terrain and

   camouflage.

d) Political knowledge. This comprised a slight knowledge of

   history and the absorption of Nazi dogma.

The tests were the same for all three age groups but the scoring varied.

15 year olds

100 metres sprint - 15 seconds, to swim for 5 minutes, to march with full pack for 10 kilometres.

16 year olds

100 metres sprint - 14.5 seconds, to swim for 10 minutes, to march with full pack for 20 kilometres.

17 year olds

100 metres sprint - 14 seconds, to swim for 15 minutes, to march with full pack for 25 kilometres.

The fourth test of political knowledge was dropped during the war, when the emphasis was on physical fitness and Para-military training.  The flying HJ, motor HJ and marine HJ had additional tests appropriate to their speciality.  The regulations also stated that where swimming facilities were not available, speed cycling could be substituted.  The route march had time limits within which the distance had to be covered and these also varied with age. Capable people should be educated to become strong in mind and body and to be filled with national socialist will. These awards did not require exceptionally high individual achievement. Good results in all aspects of physical fitness would however be required. The aim was a varied and harmonious physical education for each German boy and the physical toughening of Germany's youth in general with a unified aim and a clear direction.

Requirements for the achievement tests

Level A - 15 yrs

100m dash - 15secs
3000m run - 15mins
Long-jump - 3.75m
Club-throwing (lane width 10m - club weight 500g) - 25m
Shot-putt - 6m
Chin-ups - 2
Swimming* - 100m no time limit or
endurance swimming 5mins or
Cycling (where swimming cannot be arranged) - 10km no time limit

* mandatory unless no opportunity for swimming is available within 1 hour marching distance

Level B - 16 yrs

100m dash - 14.5secs
3000m run - 14mins 30 secs
Long-jump - 4m
Club-throwing ( - 30mlane width 10m - club weight 500g)
Shot-putt - 6.75m
Chin-ups - 3
Swimming* - 200m or
endurance swimming - 10mins or
Cycling (where swimming cannot be arranged) - 15km in 40mins

* mandatory unless no opportunity for swimming is available within 1 hour marching distance

Level C - 17 yrs and above

100m dash - 14secs
3000m run - 14mins
Long-jump - 4.25m
Club-throwing (lane width 10m - club weight 500g) - 35m
Shot-putt - 7.5m

Chin-ups - 4
Swimming* - 300m or
endurance swimming - 15mins or
Cycling (where swimming cannot be arranged) - 20km in 50mins

* mandatory unless no opportunity for swimming is available within 1 hour marching distance


Aiming and marching exercises:

Level A (15yrs)

1. Club-throwing accuracy test - no run-up. Club weight 500g. Wearing HJ uniform less marching equipment. Target: 4m diameter circle placed at a distance of 15m.

5 throws - 3 must hit the target.

2. Shooting:
Small-calibre*, target distance 50m. 12-ring target with rings spaced 1cm apart. Each shot is to be indicated before firing is resumed.

5 shots in the prone supported position. No shot is to be worth less than 4 points. Alternatively: 5 hits on target to achieve a total of 25 points or more.

* If facilities for small-calibre shooting are unavailable for levels A and B then it is permitted to conduct the test using air-rifles. Distance to target 8m, 12-ring target with rings spaced 0.5cm apart. The requirements for levels A and B are the same as for small-calibre shooting.

3. Marching in HJ uniform

10km to be completed in a time between 2 and 2 1/2 hours carrying extra weight of 5kg.

Level B (16 yrs) and Level C (17+) level of difficulty increases as follows:

Club-throwing accuracy test: distance increases to 20m for Level B and 25m for Level C. Shooting: Level B.

5 shots prone position, weapon supported. No shot to be worth less than 5 points. Alternatively: 5 shots on target to achieve a total of 30 points or more.
5 shots prone position, weapon unsupported. No shot to be worth less than 4 points. Alternatively: 5 shots on target to achieve a total of 25 points or more.

Shooting: Level C. (must be small-calibre)

5 shots prone position, weapon supported. No shot to be worth less
than 6 points. Alternatively: 5 shots on target to achieve a total of
35 points or more.
5 shots prone position, weapon unsupported. No shot to be worth less
than 5 points. Alternatively: 5 shots on target to achieve a total of 30 points or more.

Marching: distance increases to 15km to be completed in a time between 3 and 3 3/4 hours for Level B and to 20km to be completed in a time between 4 and 5hrs for Level C. Excess weight remains at 5kg for Level B but rises to 7.5kg for Level C.

III. Field Exercises

1. Ground appreciation

Level A - not tested
Level B and Level C - Describe geographical features and identify cover in a section of ground 100m wide and 300m deep

2. Map appreciation
Level A - Demonstrate knowledge of map symbols on a 1:100,000-scale map.
Level B - Find direction-using compass. March to a point (2km-3km distance) marked on a 1:1000.000 scale map.
Level C - Establish direction using compass, watch and the stars. March to a point marked on a 1:1000.000 scale map. Point to be 2-3km distant. Pinpoint the positions of two locally visible geographical features on a 1:1000,000 scale map.

3. Target appreciation.

Level A - Identify and correctly describe two obvious ground features at a distance up to 150m
Level B - Identify and correctly describe two less obvious ground features at a distance up to 250m
Level C - Identify and correctly describe two obvious ground features and two less visible ground features at a distance up to 400m

The tests are considered successfully passed if at least 50% of the features are identified and described correctly.

4. Distance appreciation

Level A - correctly estimate the distances to 2 features situated between 50m and 250m away from the viewer.
Level B - correctly estimate the distances to 3 features situated between 50m and 400m away from the viewer
Level C - correctly estimate the distances to 4 features situated between 50m and 800m away from the viewer

Errors greater than 30% constitute a fail.

5. Making of Reports

Level A - Demonstrate knowledge of the contents of a verbal report. Fill out a report card
Level B - Memorise and pass a simple verbal report
Level C - Pass a self-prepared verbal report concerning an enemy position.

6. Camouflage

Level A - Show how locally available materials can be used as camouflage.
Level B - Show how locally available materials can be used as camouflage. Prepare personal camouflage for use in easy ground.
Level C - Show how locally available materials can be used as camouflage. Prepare personal camouflage for use in easy ground. Prepare personal camouflage for use in difficult ground.

7. Approach to the enemy

Level A - complete a hidden approach to an enemy position 100m distant in easy ground.
Level B - complete a hidden approach to an enemy position 200m distant in easy ground.
Level C - exploit ground features to reconnoitre an enemy position 400m distant.

Those were the requirements for the standard HJ achievement badges. The Motor-HJ and the Marine-HJ had specific tests, which replaced parts of the standard testing. Translation continues:

Note: The Motor HJ and Marine-HJ were awarded the same achievement badge (HJ-Leistungsabzeichen) as all other sections of the Hitler Youth but the testing included a section specific to both specialist arms and I'll detail this below. Only boys aged 16 and 17 years or over (Level B and C) were subject to these additional tests.

Motor-HJ

III Motorsport

1. Engines

Level A: Answer three questions of a technical nature. One question to include the drawing of a diagram.
Level B: Answer five questions of a technical nature. Two questions to include the drawing of a diagram.

2. Traffic Regulations

Level A: Answer three questions on traffic regulations. One question to include the drawing of a diagram.
Level B: Answer five questions of a traffic regulations. Two questions to include the drawing of a diagram.

3. Traffic Law

Level A: Answer three questions on traffic law.

Level B: Answer five questions on traffic law.

4. Driving

Level A: Answer three questions related to the actions of a driver before, during and after a journey. Replace the front wheel of a vehicle.


Level B: Assess the condition of a vehicle (to be provided) with regard to traffic regulations. Replace the rear wheel of a vehicle. Perform two driving skill tests. Complete a cross-country drive over moderate to difficult terrain.

Marine-HJ specific tests

The Marine-HJ was not required to complete the foot march over 10, 15 or 20km

Swimming difficulty level for Marine-HJ increased to:

Level A: 300m swim to be completed in 12 minutes or endurance swim of 15mins.
Level B: 300m swim to be completed in 10 minutes or endurance swim of 20mins.
Level B: 300m swim to be completed in 9 minutes or endurance swim of 30mins.


Some of the things mentioned in the following section are not tests but rather prerequisites. See 'Seamanship' which indicates that the disciplines were not tested but rather that they were prerequisites for any boy wishing to achieve his badge. Much like the requirement to have a pen in your hand if you plan to write a letter.

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IIIa Marine Sport

1. Crew tasks a.) Knots and splices
Level A: Tie 3 knots
Level B: Attach ropes to posts or clamps using 5 different knots.
Level C: Attach ropes to posts or clamps using 5 different knots and one splice.b.) Throw a heaving line
Level A: 10m
Level B: 12.5m
Level C: 15mc.) Seamanship
Level A: Conduct of a passenger in a rowing boat. Rowing to a tempo.
Level B: Practical knowledge of boat types and associated equipment. Complete full rowing training. Learn basic sailing terminology.
Level C: Knowledge of commands for the crew of a rowing boat. Conduct whilst in command of a rowing boat. Sailing in easy conditions.e.) Marine Navigation
Level A: Knowledge of the division of the compass in lines and degrees.
Level B: As for Level A but with the following additions: knowledge of basic avoidance (anti-collision) rules and of navigation lights.
Level C: As for Level B but with the following additions: knowledge of communication at sea.

2. Signalsa.) Semaphore
Level A: 90 letters in 5 minutes. Maximum of 6 mistakes allowed.
Level B: 90 letters in 4mins 30 secs. Maximum of 6 mistakes allowed.
Level C: 90 letters in 4mins. Maximum of 6 mistakes allowed.b.) Morse code
Level A: 90 letters in 10 minutes. Maximum of 8 mistakes allowed.
Level B: 90 letters in 9 minutes. Maximum of 8 mistakes allowed.
Level C: 90 letters in 8 minutes. Maximum of 8 mistakes allowed.

In 1934 issue figures were; Bronze 35900 and Silver 76100.  War brought not only a great expansion of numbers conferred but also an extension of eligibility to non German counterparts who were boys from the pro Nazi movements of occupied Europe, so by the end of 1943 when the last accurate statistics were available, the numbers awarded had risen to; Bronze 103061 and Silver 217093.

Early regulations were unclear as to where the award would be worn and it was usually worn on the right side.  However, later regulations specified that it would be worn on the left breast pocket.  The badge could be worn by members of the HJ, SA, SS, RAD and the military on their uniform.  A cloth version was worn on the athletic shirt and a miniature version was authorised for wear on the lapel of civilian clothes. 

 Miniature Version.

Silver Class -  (Grades A, B, C). in cloth on Black backing.

Silver Class -  (Grades A, B, C). in cloth on Black backing in wear.

The HJ-Leistungs Badge being presented by an HJ-Bannführer.

Decoration for the Students Federation     

Instituted on 9 March 1934

Rarity – Very rare

Known Makers – Unmarked

This is a small oval badge that measures 18 mm by 16 mm, which is constructed in two parts, the NSD St. B or Students Federation membership badge and the oak leave wreath, which forms the base plate. The wreath is formed of overlapping oak leaves; three bunches of two and a single meeting on each side, tip to tip.  The base has a protrusion that has a tie on either side.  The leaves are very well defined and at the centre is a swastika in a diamond shape, the membership badge for the NSD St. B.  The arms are black and the upper and lower fields red, while the lateral ones are white.  The diamond sits into the recess of the wreath. The badge and wreath are in silver wash that is artificially patinated.  The reverse is flat and has a long needle pin soldered to its centre.  On the upper section is stamped the issue number in small numerals. Numbers have been encountered as high as 4060.

This is the NSD St. B's equivalent of the Golden Hitler Youth Honour Badge, for membership and this was counted in this case before 30th January 1933.  It has been suggested that only about 4000 of this award were bestowed. Further criteria for the award, apart from that given, are unknown by the author as is the citation and the box that accompanied the award.

The Reich’s student leader instituted it on 9th March 1934 for all members who had been active before 30th January 1933, when the Students Federation was still on a voluntary basis. National – Socialist students groups had been formed at some German universities as early as 1922, but these were simply student companies of the SA. It was not until February 1926 that a separate student organisation was established at München University by Wilhelm Temple. It received Hitler’s blessing in July and Tempel was confirmed as its Bundesführer. Before the end of the year there were some 20 groups in existence. In 1927 Temple transferred to Leipzig University. It was not a move calculated to further his career as Student leader since it removed him from Bavaria, the very heartland of the Nazi movement. His attempts to recruit “Worker students” involved him in ideological conflicts with the Party and he resigned in July 1928.

His successor was a twenty-year-old München student Baldur von Schirach, who proved to be an energetic and competent leader. He organised the NSD St. B into ten regions, each under a Kreisführer directly answerable to him. They wore black uniforms and an organisational emblem that was a black vertical, elongated swastika. At first NSD St. B members had to enrol in the NSDAP, but in 1929 this rule was waived. Membership of the NSD St. B was now extended to include students at Technical High Schools, Trade Schools and business colleges. The proportion of NSD St. B members at established universities was actually lower than at these other centres of further education. The removal of the necessity of belonging to the NSDAP meant that the NSD St. B could no longer rely on financial support from the Party. It had to be largely self-financing, with the result that its leaders often had to pay for its propaganda material out of their own pockets. Members were encouraged to join the SA and take part in the “Wehrsports” or “War Sport” training, which that organisation provided. But less than half did so. For those who wished to avail themselves of this form of paramilitary exercise, an alternative was established in the Langemarck Student Companies established in 1929 by Steel Helmet War Veterans Association. At the time of Hitler’s accession to power in January 1933 the NSD St. B had only 6300 male members and 750 female. In July 1933 the SA was granted a monopoly over all forms of “Wehrsports”. The “Der, Stahlhelm', or the Steel Helmet’s Studentenrin Langemarck was voluntarily subordinated to the NSD St. B, but in April 1934, like its Steel Helmet parent, it lost its identity altogether. The SA then tried to assert its authority over the entire student body. In September 1933 SA offices were opened at all German universities: students, whether NSD St. B members or not, were exhorted to sign on in an SA unit. In February 1934 it became obligatory for them to do so. But the SA’s dominance in this field was short lived. In June 1934 Hitler “purged” the SA by having most of its leading members shot. The SA offices at universities throughout the country were quietly shut down. At the same time the NSD St. B lost its former semi – independent status and became an integrated organ of the NSDAP. Enrolment in the NSD St. B was not, however, made obligatory, indeed its membership was deliberately restricted to 5% of the student body.

Hansgeorg Lopatta 14 May 1944.

Medallion for the Furthering of the Hitler Youth Hostel Building Programme

Medallion for the Furthering of the Hitler Youth Hostel Building Programme

Instituted – 1937

Rarity –Very Rare.

Known Makers – G.H. Mayer

This medallion measures 70 mm across and has a field that is flat and slightly dished from the edge.  On to this is superimposed a very fine three-dimensional eagle that holds an oak leaf wreath of single leaves, six on either side, in its talons.  On to the wreath's field is superimposed the HJ membership diamond, its upper tip just touching the inner claw of the eagle's foot and the lower one just breaking the outer, lower line of the wreath.  There is a circular, scrolled banner that runs from beneath the eagle's wing and over its head to return beneath the other wing.  On to this, in raised Gothic script, is the inscription, 'HEIM DES HITLER JUGEND', which translates to, Home of the Hitler Youth.

The reverse has a flat field with the six-line inscription at the centre, in normal capital letters, 'FÜR DIE, FÖRDERUNG, DER, HEIMBESCHAFFUNG, DER, HITLER - JUGEND'.  Beneath this is a raised sprig of four oak leaves and one acorn.  The inscription translates to, For the Furthering or Sponsoring of the Hitler Youth Hostel Building Programme.  Round the bottom edge of the medallion, in small raised capital letters, is the manufacturer's name, 'G.H. Mayer. Pforzheim.' 

The medallion is struck from tomback that is nickel-plated and then artificially patinated.  This plating could be of genuine silver. 

The medallion was instituted in 1937 by Reichsjugendführer Balder von Schirach who had, from 1934 onwards, coined an annual slogan that was to indicate what aspect of HJ activity was to be stressed in the coming twelve months.  1937 was known as Jahr des Heimbeschaffung or the Year of Hostel Building and for those who had energetically assisted in this programme, this award was presented.  Whether the criteria was for the overseeing of construction of hostels, gathering donations of money to facilitate the building, the actual donation of property suitable for conversion or sites for hostels to be built on, is unknown.  It is also believed that the award was only issued for the period of the year of the programme.  The numbers awarded are unknown but believed to be very small.  The case is black simulated leather with black velvet base and white satin lid liner. The award is recessed in the base. The base has a cardboard stand on the reverse to allow it to be placed in a standing position. The citation for this medallion is unknown to the author.

Hitler Youth Expert Skier Badge

Hitler Youth Expert Skier Badge.                

Instituted on 1934?

Rarity – Extremely Rare

Known Makers –Wittman, München, F Hoffstätter, Bonn.

This badge comprises of a circle that measures 60 mm and has a width of 6 mm.  On to this, in raised capital letters is, 'SKI HJ. FÜHRER'.  A pair of crossed skis is superimposed across the badge.  Over their centre is an edelweiss incorporating the enamelled HJ membership diamond.  The skis measure 77 mm long and they are soldered to the circle at their four meeting points. There are subtle differences in the badges constructed by Wittmann and Hoffstätter, which can be detected by observing the badges from the obverse. The upper ends of the Skies on the Hoffstätter badges have a more pronounced “hook”, and the tip of the large petal of the Edelweiss at the “five o clock” position lies on top of the centre line of the ski, while those on the Wittmann examples touches but does not overlap the centre line 

The reverse of the circle is plain with the maker's name impressed in small, capital letters that are found in two lines, 'WITTMAN, MÜNCHEN', or ‘F HOFFSTÄTTER, BONN’ and similarly impressed 'Ges. Gesch'. The reverse of the edelweiss shows the negative of the obverse.  There are two needle pins, and hinge and hook attachments.  The whole of the badge is very finely constructed and finished in silver that is artificially patinated with an old smoke effect. It is highly possible that these two companies were not the true makers of the award, but the distributors of it.

The specific criteria for award of the badge are unknown but it is probable that some form of rigid alpine skiing test was undertaken to earn the award.  This could also have encompassed first aid and other leadership qualities.  The date of institution is unknown but the badge is shown in an HJ manual for 1934, which describes it as being for the HJ, BDM and JM.  It is most probable that this was given as a mark of qualification upon passing their tests prior to becoming recognised instructors in those organisations.  It must therefore be considered in this light rather than an actual award. When awarded the HJ Ski Leader’s Badge was presented in a fitted case with press-stud button. The colour of the case and liner are not known. The citation that accompanied the award is also not unknown, as is the length of time this very rare badge was in being.

Hitler Youth Expert Skier Badge -  Questionable.

Hitler Youth Expert Skier Badge - FAKES.

 

German Expert Horseman’s Badge

German Expert Horseman’s Badge. 

Instituted on 23rd February 1937

Rarity – Extremely rare

Known Makers – Ernst L. Müller, Pforzheim

This award consists of a circular badge that measures 50mm high by 51.5mm wide, with a wreath of oak leaves running round the outside which comprises of nine single leaves, laid tip over stalk and meeting at the apex tip to tip.  At the base is a raised circle with the SA symbol, which measures 10.5mm.  On to the recessed flat field is superimposed a rider dressed in SA uniform, mounted on a horse performing piaffe. 

The reverse is plain with a hinge and hook that are attached to an oblong plate that is then sweated to the body of the badge.  Beneath this is the four-digit issue number, which is prefixed by a nought if less than four.  The manufacturer's name is beneath this in small, stamped capital letters, 'ERNST L. MÜLLER, PFORZHEIM'. The design was by Paul Casberg and his logo is beneath, 'PC'.  The overall colour of the badge is silver that has been artificially patinated.

The order for the award was sanctioned by Hitler in Berlin on 23^rd February 1937. SA-Obergruppenführer Litzmann, the head of the Nationalsozialistisches Reiterkorps - NSRK, instituted this award on the 23rd February 1937. The German Expert Horseman’s Badge Deutsches, Reiterführer-Abzeichen, was announced in the Verordnungsblatt der Obersten SA-Führung, number 6 published on the 19^th April 1937 (number 98, page 38): zur Förderung der Reit- und Fahrausbildung vor der Dienstzeit .

This was to encourage riding and horse management among its members.  The National Socialist Riding Corps was first formed in March 1936 and was mainly independent but was subordinate to the SA in so far that Litzmann was under the authority of the chief of the SA, Victor Lutze. 

The conditions of award of the badge were;

a) Passing with a 'merit' the riding and horse-drawn vehicles

   Proficiency test.

b) Be capable of instructing others in horsemanship.

c) Possess the qualities of leadership.

d) Have gained the SA Sports Badge.

e) Have served one year as an officer in the NSRK.

The badge was worn on the lower left breast of any uniform and took precedence over all other riding badges, excluding them from being worn in conjunction with this award.  It was awarded with a miniature and citation and presentation box both of which are unknown to the author.

German Expert Horseman’s Badge - Miniature - Obverse.

German Expert Horseman’s Badge - Miniature - Reverse.

 

German Expert Horseman’s Badge -The drawing is from a special edition about the SA of the magazine Illustrierter Beobachter.

 

Litzmann Karl Sigmind - Governor-General

1 August 1893   31 July 1949 D.

Party Number

Cross of Honour 1914-18 Combatants, 1914 Wound Badge Black Class, Danzig Cross 1^st Class, Golden Party Badge,

Karl-Sigis also referred to as Karl Sigmind Litzmann was born in Minden. He entered the Military in 1911 as a Fahnenjunker Jag rgt z Pferde 6. He served throughout the First Word War and was wounded three times.   Litzmann join the NSDAP in 1929 and rose to high rank within the SA even before Hitler came to power in 1933. He was promoted SA-Gruppenführer in 1931 and SA-Obergruppenführer on 27.6.1933. He was leader of SA Group “Ostland” in 1932, but this had nothing to do with what was later termed the “Ostland”, and this Group covered East Prussia and Danzig. It was later renamed SA-Gruppe “Tannenberg”. By 1934 he was leader of SA- Obergruppe II and was based in Stettin, this controlled three SA Groups. He was responsible for horse breeding and control. The National Socialist Riding Corp (N.S.R.K.) was first formed in March 1936. It was largely independent but was subordinate to the SA in so far as it’s commander, Litzmann, was under the authority of Victor Lutz, the Chief of the SA. To encourage riding and horsemanship, Litzmann instituted on 23^rd February 1937 a special award, the German Expert Horseman’s Badge for members of the N.S.R.K. by late 1937 he was national training inspector for riding and driving with his Head Quarters in Berlin, a post he held until his appointment as Governor of Estonia in 1941. Litzmann was brought in to rule the country as Governor-General, supported by a Provincial Governor. In fact who exercised most power in German occupied Estonia was neither the military hierarchy nor politically appointed Governor-General Litzman. It was the misleadingly junior SS-Sturmbannführer Dr Martin Sandberger who after leading Sonderkommando 1a of Einsatzgruppe A into Estonia in the summer of 1941 had been installed in Tallinn in December of that year as commander of the German Security Police and SD in Estonia.

1911 Fahnenjunker Jag rgt z Pferde 6.
1913/14 offizier Reitschule.
1914/18: Res. Inf. rgt 261, generalkommando XXXX Res. korps, GardeFüss rgt as Ord offizier, kp führer, rgt adj, bat führer.
1919 FK Freiw. Landesschutzenkorps.
1920 Landwirt at Althof-Didlaken.
1929 join NSDAP.
1931 SA-Gruppenführer u F SA Gruppe Ostland.
1932 F Selbstandige SA-Gruppe Ostland (Konigsberg).
1933 -1939 Preuss. Staatsrat.
1933 F SA Obergruppe I.
27.6.1933 SA-Obergruppenführer.
1934 F SA Obergruppe II.
1936 Reichsinspekteur für Reit und Fahr ausbildung und F SA Reiterkorps.
1932 Mitgied der Landstag (Prussia).
12.11.1933 MdR.
1934 Mitglied des Volksgerichthofes.
1941 - 1944 Generalkommissar fur Estland (zv führer stab Osaf).

SA - Cavalry personnel prepare for a mounted compertion.

 

 

 German Expert Horseman’s Badge Fake.

The badge should be made of aluminium; this badge is a heavier metal. The obverse shows signs of light pitting, a signe of casting. The reverse tells all, the makers mark is raised as is the Paul Caseberg LOGO. This should be incused. Thus showing that the badge was a casting. The pin assembly is also totally incorrect.

Coburg Badge

Coburg Badge

Instituted on 14^th October 1932

Rarity – Extremely Rare

Known Makers – Unmarked

Coburg Badge - Obverse.

Coburg Badge - Reverse.

This award consists of an oval, slightly convex, badge that was originally produced in massive bronze.  It has a narrow wreath of laurel leaves round its edge measuring 2 mm across.  These have three leaves in each bunch, with two berries at their tips.  At the base they meet stalk to stalk, without a tie.  There are ten bunches on either side and the top two bunches on either side do not have the laurel berries.  The top leaves meet at a model of Coburg Castle.  The Castle has two spires on the viewer's left with a large roofed building and a small adjacent pinnacle on the right.  At the base there are two little, poorly defined huts set on to a curved ground.  Inside the wreath is a flat field that measures 4 mm, with a raised 0.5 mm line.  The central oval void has a large swastika measuring 16 mm across and the width of the individual arms is 4 mm.  From the top of the badge, superimposed over the castle and swastika, with its tip resting at the joint of the laurel leaf wreath at the base, is a double-edged sword with straight quillons, twisted grip handle and a pronounced ball pommel.  From the top of the pommel to the edge of the lower wreath at the base of the badge, measures 54 mm and the width across the badge measures 39 mm.  The field of the wreath has the inscription, in raised capital letters, starting at the left of the sword's tip, '1922 . MIT HITLER' broken by the quillion and repeated on the right side, 'IN COBURG . 1932'.  The translation of the inscription is, With Hitler in Coburg, 1922 1932.  The field round the lettering is stippled with slightly raised lines.

The reverse is plain with a thin hinge and a pin that has a circular retainer and a 'C' type hook at the bottom.  The pin is not always as described in all cases.  It has also been noted that an example has the numeral '1' stamped on to it.  The thickness of the badge is 4 mm across the thickest part and at the wreath, 2 mm.

Interestingly there is a sketch made of the proposed design, this is purported to have been made by Hitler himself.

Coburg original art drawing.

There is a second version of the badge which is thinner and has the RZM mark on the reverse.  These badges are of later manufacture as the RZM code did not come into being until 1935 and as this award was introduced in 1932, it was impossible for the mark to be applied on the original badges.  It was worn on the left breast of the party uniform above other party awards and badges.

 Coburg Badge RZM Type.

Coburg Badge RZM Type - Reverse.

On the 14^th October 1932 the Duke of Coburg Gotha created this badge to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Adolph Hitler’s march of 14th-15th October 1922 on the City, which gave rise to the Nazi triumph over the Communists in Coburg.  The badge was declared an official party and national decoration in a decree signed by Hitler, on 6th November 1936, who had taken a personal interest in the design.  It had been the highest party award since its inception in 1932 and was held in greater esteem than the Blood Order itself.  This is a rare award as only 436 names were entered on the official party roll of recipients who were entitled to the badge. 

 The Duke of Coburg.

Hitler, the ever optimist, was invited with his party to the city of Coburg, where the city fathers had decided to hold a 'German Day' on 10^th October 1922.  This was to be a folk festival to encourage German rural life.  The city was Marxist controlled and had a population of some 30,000 people.  Its geographical position was some 120 miles east of Frankfurt and about 40 from Schweinfurt.  This gathering afforded him the political platform that he so desperately needed and the chances of political disturbance were high.  This would publicise his embryo party, the greater the political violence the more media attention it would gather. 

Transportation to the venue caused an initial problem, which Hitler overcame in his inimitable manner.  Although his party was without visible funds, he hired a train and every party member who climbed on board bought a ticket, thus defraying the cost.  Such was the ardour of some members they bought two tickets, often with their last Mark.  This resulted in some 700 of his followers and a 42 piece band, setting off in the 'special train' from Munich.  This was virtually the entire membership of the party.

The Marxist town officials were not pleased when they realised the full significance of what was descending on their carefully controlled city.  A uniformed police captain was dispatched to meet the train and announced that the party could not enter the city with band playing and flags flying, as this was against the law.  Hitler brushed the astonished policeman aside and the party marched off in formation, headed by eight massive Bavarians clad in lederhosen and carrying Alpenstocks, forming an escort for Hitler and his confidants Max Amann, Hermann Esser, Dietrich Eckhart, Christian Weber, Ulrich Graf, Alfred Rosenberg and Kurt Ludecke.  They led the seven hundred or so party members with flags flying and a forty-two man band playing triumphantly. 

A massed crowd of some thousands threatened to bar the way and one of its Marxist members began to throw things, leading to a furious fight which lasted approximately fifteen minutes.  The crowd began to join the Nazis and in time they had won over the townsfolk.  That evening Hitler addressed a meeting in the town hall attended by no lesser personages than the Duke and Duchess of Coburg, who were later to become active Nazis.  This speech was to be hailed as one of his triumphs.  After it, and long into the night, fights raged between the Marxists and the Nazis.  The next morning found the city festooned with notices calling for a 'Peoples' Demonstration' that would throw the Nazis out.  The Marxists had made their move.  Hitler made his; he grouped his men and marched them into the square where it was thought that there would be as many as ten thousand townsfolk waiting to annihilate them.  His gamble came off; there were only a few hundred die-hard Marxists.  Their stranglehold, which they had exerted for so long on the city, was broken before the day was out.  Imperial flags were festooned from windows and the rock throwing crowds were replaced by cheering ones.  The Nazis were congratulated at every corner.  The Marxists, reeling from the defeat, announced that they would not let the 'special train' leave.  Hitler, buoyed up by his victory, told the officials that he and his group would run the train themselves but they would first take hostages of every communist they could find and transport them to Munich on their train.  The outcome of this action was not lost on the Marxists, who capitulated to Hitler's demands.  Hitler had one his first decisive victory.  It was to become Nazi folklore and led to the expression, in ardent Nazi circles, 'But were you at Coburg?' 

The Duke of Coburg, flanked on his right by Hitler and Hunline on his left, shows him wearing the badge. However the colour tends to give the impresion of the special silver version.

Sweeda Coburge.

Rosenberg   Alfred

12 January 1893 - 16 October 1946  E.A.

Party Number  18

German National Prize for Art and Science 7 September 1937, Coburg Badge 14 October 1932. Blood Order.

Born in Reval, now Talinin, in Estonia, the son of a shoemaker.  His father was of German extraction, while his mother was of Baltic. He studied architecture in Riga and Moscow, receiving his diploma in Moscow in 1918. Rosenberg witnessed the Bolshevik revolution during his stay in Moscow.  This filled him with revultion for Bolshevik ideology and to escape the mayhem he returned to Reval where he carried out various “anti-Red” propaganda activities. Rosenberg fled to Germany when the Red Army marched towards Estonia. He reached München in 1919 with his hatred for Bolshevism heightened this he soon linked to a fanatical anti-Semitism. Here He made contact with the Thule – Gesellschaft, an organisation from which, to a degree, the NSDAP was latter to emerge. The organisation was a focal point for extreme right – wing forces in Bavaria and maintained relations with many groups in Bavarian society. It was notable for its rabid ant-Semitic propaganda.  Jews were the arch – enemy of the German people and Rosenberg was convinced that the Jews were behind all the events in Estonia and Russia. Members had to be of Aryan desentand consisted of approximately 1500. The used the swastika as their symbol and a newspaper, the Munchener Beobacter, was at their disposal. Dietrich Eckart, a member of the Thule – Gesellschaft, a not very successful journalist, poet and playwright and editor in Chief of the Völkischer Beobachter, played an important role in the first meeting of Rosenberg and Hitler.  It was obvious that a qualified architect such as Rosenberg would make a deep impression on someone like Hitler who had failed to get into architecture school. In 1920 he wrote the first of many books attacking the Jews, setting down in exalted and confusing terms his philosophical concepts on racism.  Hitler was impressed by Rosenberg’s academic posture and shortly before Eckart’s death in 1923, appointed him editor in chief of the Völkischer Beobachter. Hitler saw Rosenberg as the heir of the extreme right-wing “folk” ideologists and the great prophet of the new racist Weltanschauung, the philosophy of life.  The horrors that Hitler would unfold in Mein Kampf were partially taken from Rosenberg. In 1930 his Myth of the Twentieth Century was published and became next to Mein Kampf, the most important book on Nazi theory. This strange difficult to read book was also known as the “catechism of the NSDAP racial religion.” He believed that all races had specific and different physical and mental characteristics. He devided Europeans into five general racial types which, he admitted, had become so inter bread that it was impossible to distinguish them from each other.  However, the “Nordic” race, to be found in Germany, Scandinavia and England was the purest of the five.  The answer was very simple, according to Rosenberg.  All the Germans had to do to “purify their race of impure elements” and regain their “own Nordic character” was to prevent further interbreeding, especially by the “Oriental Jewish race.” After a certain period of time the blood would revert to its pure “Nordic” state. “Nordic” blood would, according to him, cleanse itself of impurities. Although accepted as the mentor of Nazi ideology, Rosenberg was looked upon by the more intelligent Nazis as shallow and intellectually limited.

Maurice Emil  - SS-Oberführer

9 January 1897 - 6 February 1972  D.
Party Number 39  SS Number 2

Golden Party Badge, Coburg Badge 14 October 1932, Blood Order No.495 , War Merit Cross Second Class without Swords, SS Honour Ring, SS Honour Sword

He was born in Westmoor, becoming a watch maker by trade, living a life of riot and rowdyness.  In 1919 he joined the German workers’ party, the forerunner of the NSDAP, becoming Hitlers bodyguard and chauffeur.  He took part in the 1923 Putsch and joined the fugitives on its failure, but was captured and imprisoned at Landsberg and become an intimate of Hitlers where he acted as secretary, taking down “Mein Kampf” until Hess took over.  Following his release, he remained in Hitlers inner circle, continuing in his previous role.  Tension broke out between them in 1927 because of his unwanted liaison with Hitlers niece, Geli Raubal, which intensified after her suicide.  This ultimately ousted him from the inner circle.  Nevertheless in June 1934 Maurice was with Hitler on a raid on Röhm and his associates, shooting the homsexual Edmund Heinz and the boy found in his bed.  He is also credited with the murder of Father Stenpfle.  By 1935 the tension between Hitler and Maurice had begun to subside, due in part to Maurice’s application to marry, where, since he was in the SS, the couple were both had to submit proof of Aryan purity.  When Himmler announced that “without question SS-Standartenführer Emil Maurice is, according to his ancestral table, not of Aryan descent”,  Hitler refused to expel him from either the party or the SS.  Himmler was outraged but promotion followed with Maurice becoming SS-Brigadeführer.  From 1940 to 1942 he served as an officer in the Luftwaffe.  He also headed a Munich handicraft works guild.  In 1948 a de-nazification court sentenced him to four years in a labour camp.  He died in Starnberg on the 6 February 1972.

A wonderful piece of stained glass to commemorate the event.

Gauleiter Otto Hellmuth wearing the Coburg Badge.

MUTSCHMANN Martin - Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter / SA-Obergrupenführer / M.d.R

9 March 1879      - June 1948?

Party Number 35

1914 Iron Cross Second Class, Friedrich-August-Medal, 1914 Wound Badge Black Class, 1918; Cross of Honour 1914-18 Combatants, Coburg Badge 14 October 1932, Golden Party Badge, NSDAP Long Service Medal in Bronze 10 years service, NSDAP Long Service Medal in Silver 15 years Service, NSDAP Long Service Medal in Gold 25 years Service.

He was born in Hirschberg an der Saale. He joined the Army in 1901, and was assigned to the 3.Unterelsässicschen Infanterieregiment 138 in Straßburg and served with it until 1903. He volunteered for war service on 4th August 1914 and Served with Reserve-Infanterieregiment 133 on Western Front. He was seriously wounded and hospitalised, in April 1916. Due to his wounds, on 24th December 1916, he was released from service as unfit for field duty. After the war he became a successful Textile manufacturer and factory owner in Plauen. He became a Member of "Deutsch-Völkischen Schutz- und Trutzbund" in 1919. He first joined the NSDAP in 1922 with Party Number 5346 and was on the march to Coburg the 10^th October 1922. During ban on NSDAP, between 1923 and 1925 he was the Landesführer den "Völkischen Block" in Saxony. After the lifting of the ban on the Party following the München Putsch, he Rejoined NSDAP on 2nd June 1925 with Party Number 35. He became Gauleiter of Saxony in 1925, a post he held until 8th May 1945. He was promoted to SA-Obergruppenführer in 1937. The Russians captured Mutschmann in 1945. The most accurate accounts available state that he died in Dresden as a Russian POW in June 1948.

Assignments:

Reichsverteidigungskommissar für den Wehrkreis IV: 1. Sep. 1939 - 8. May 1945.

Landesjägermeister von Sachsen: 28. Feb. 1935 - 8. May 1945.

Ehrenführer der SA bei der Standarte 100 in Dresden: 5. May 1933 -

Reichsstatthalter von Sachsen: 5. May 1933 - 8. May 1945.

Landesinspekteur der NSDAP für Sachsen-Thüringen: 15. Jul. 1932 -

Mitglied des Reichstages (Wahlkreis 30 [Chemnitz-Zwickau]), NSDAP-Fraktion: 14. Sep. 1930 - 8. May 1945.

Wörlein Karl - SS Hauptsturmführer.

19April 1906

Party Number  786883  SS Number 107207

Blood Order No.550 29 November 1923, Coburg Badge 14 October 1932, Reich Sports Badge.

During the putsch, he was 16 years old, member of the Regiment SA München.

In 1938, he was a SS Untersturmführer. Service in the SD-Haptamt.

COBURGE BADGE.

RECIPENTS.

NAME	FIRST   NAME	RANK	Party  No	SS  No
ABELE	Karl
AHLBORN	Heinz
ALBRECHT	Otto	SS-Untersturmführer
AMANN	Max	RL u. SS-Obergruppenführer	3	53143
ANTON	Hermann
AUER	Johann	SS- Obersturmführer
BACH Zu HOMBERGK	Hermann von
BAIER	Michael
BALTHASAR	Josef
BARTH	Robert
BARTH	Ludwig
BARTOSCH	Marta	Female Recipient
BATZ	Hans	SS-Sturmbannführer	46971	2106	Listed in DAL but not Original List
BAUER	Erich
BAUER	Hans
BÄUMER	Johann	SS-Sturmbannführer	11554	5632
BAUR	Wilhelm	SS-Oberführer	51	293750
BÄURLE	Anton
BAUSCHEN	Heinrich
BAYER	Franz
BECHMANN	Otto
BECK	Hans
BEHRINGER	Paul
BELLWIDT	Walter	SS- Obersturmbannführer
BENNECKE	Heinrich	SA-Obergruppenführer
BERENBROCK	Johannes
BERG	Victor von
BERGDOLT	Ernst
BERGER	EMIL		10087
BERNHARD	Ernst
BILLER	Wilhelm
BIRKNER	Theodor
BIRZER	Fritz		156009	2047
BOESER	Franz
BOSSE	Guenther
BÖTTGER	Manfred
BRALL	Heinz
BRASSLER	Karl
BRAUN	Alois	SS-Sturmbannführer	664915	10053
BRAUN	Luitpold
BREHM	Rudolf
BREMER	Hermann
BREU	Hans
BRIEMANN JR.	Wilhelm
BRIEMANN SR.	Wilhelm
BRÜCKNER	Wilhelm
BRÜNDL	Alfons

BRUNN	Franz
BUCH	Walther	RL u. SS-Obergruppenführer	7733	81353
BUCHHOLD	Paul
BUCHMANN	Eduard
BÜCHNER	Richard
BURGER	Hans
COBURG	Charles Edward, Duke
COENEN	Heinz	SS-Obersturmführer
DÄHN	Hans	SS-Untersturmführer
DANNER	Franz
DÄTER	Wilhelm
DATZ	Kurt
DEMMEL	Georg
DIETENHAUSER	Benedikt
DIETRICH	Hans	SS-Standartenführer	8454	3397
DIPPERT	Josef
DIRSCHL	Ignaz
DITTNER	Gustav
DOLL	Josef
DOLLMANN	Marcell
DORSCH	Anton
DORSCH	Fritz
DOSSER	Anton
DOSSER	Georg
DOUGLAS	Reginald
DRESCHLER	Julius
DREXLER	Anton		52
DRUCKENBROD	?
DÜRR	Heinz
DUSCHL	Alois
EBERHART	Adolf
EBERLE	Josef
ECKARDT	Ernst
ECKHART	Dietrick
EDLER	Hermann
EGGERDINGER	Max	SS-Standartenführer	14463	280332
EGGERS	Karl
EHMANN	Karl	SS-Untersturmführer	80718	2111
EHRENTREICH	Leopold
EISENBEISS	Karl
EITEL	Fritz
ERHARDT	Johannes	SS-Obersturmführer			Listed in DAL but not Original List
ESSER	Hermann		20
ESSLINGER	Therese, Frau	Female Recipient
ETBAUER	Richard
FABRIS	Hugo von
FATSCH	Emil
FEDER	Gottfried		4
FEICHTMAYR	Otto	SS-Standartenführer	248158	23093
FISCHER	Karl
FISCHER	Otto
FLÜGEL	Willy Otto
FOERSTER	Heinrich
FORSTMAIER	Josef
FÖRZ	Andreas
FRANKE	Max
FRICK	Wilhelm		10
FRITSCH	Karl, Dr.	SS-Brigadeführer

BRUNN	Franz
BUCH	Walther	RL u. SS-Obergruppenführer	7733	81353
BUCHHOLD	Paul
BUCHMANN	Eduard
BÜCHNER	Richard
BURGER	Hans
COBURG	Charles Edward, Duke
COENEN	Heinz	SS-Obersturmführer
DÄHN	Hans	SS-Untersturmführer
DANNER	Franz
DÄTER	Wilhelm
DATZ	Kurt
DEMMEL	Georg
DIETENHAUSER	Benedikt
DIETRICH	Hans	SS-Standartenführer	8454	3397
DIPPERT	Josef
DIRSCHL	Ignaz
DITTNER	Gustav
DOLL	Josef
DOLLMANN	Marcell
DORSCH	Anton
DORSCH	Fritz
DOSSER	Anton
DOSSER	Georg
DOUGLAS	Reginald
DRESCHLER	Julius
DREXLER	Anton		52
DRUCKENBROD	?
DÜRR	Heinz
DUSCHL	Alois
EBERHART	Adolf
EBERLE	Josef
ECKARDT	Ernst
ECKHART	Dietrick
EDLER	Hermann
EGGERDINGER	Max	SS-Standartenführer	14463	280332
EGGERS	Karl
EHMANN	Karl	SS-Untersturmführer	80718	2111
EHRENTREICH	Leopold
EISENBEISS	Karl
EITEL	Fritz
ERHARDT	Johannes	SS-Obersturmführer			Listed in DAL but not Original List
ESSER	Hermann		20
ESSLINGER	Therese, Frau	Female Recipient
ETBAUER	Richard
FABRIS	Hugo von
FATSCH	Emil
FEDER	Gottfried		4
FEICHTMAYR	Otto	SS-Standartenführer	248158	23093
FISCHER	Karl
FISCHER	Otto
FLÜGEL	Willy Otto
FOERSTER	Heinrich
FORSTMAIER	Josef
FÖRZ	Andreas
FRANKE	Max
FRICK	Wilhelm		10
FRITSCH	Karl, Dr.	SS-Brigadeführer

FUCHS	Franz		749
FÜSS	Simon	SS-Standartenführer	72008	1700
GÄRTNER	Erich
GERBER	Otto
GEROMILLER	Wilhelm
GERUM	Anton
GIERBAUER	Hanns
GIERER	A.
GLAS	Hans
GNEZEL	Gustav
GÖBEL	Paul	SS-Hauptsturmführer	14302	712
GÖBERT	Walter
GOTTHANS	Kurt
GRÄB	Hans
GRAF	Ulrich	SS-Brigadeführer	8	26
GRAMS	Karl
GRÄSE	Adhemar
GREINWALD	Jakob
GREPMAIER	Josef
GRIEBEL	Fritz
GRIMMINGER	Jakob	SS-Standartenführer	759	135
GROSS	Siegfried	SS-Obersturmführer
GROTH	Ferdinand	SS-Untersturmführer
GRUBER	Ferdinand
GURR	Alois
HAENSCH	Walter
HAGEDORN	J.E.
HAGER	Erhard	SS-Hauptsturmführer			Listed in DAL but not Original List
HAUER	Max
HAUG	Hans
HAUMANNSTETTER	Franz
HAUSER	Anton
HAUSER	Friedrich
HEIDEN	Maria, Frau.	Female Recipient
HEINES	Oskar
HEINLE	Adolf
HEINLEIN	Adolf
HEITMÜLLER	Walter
HELD	Wilhelm
HELLMUTH	Otto, Dr.	Gauleiter	22815
HELLVOIGT	Walter
HENNIGER	Karl
HERR	Willi
HERTERICH	Oskar
HESS	Rudolf		16
HILBE	Josef
HILGER	Karl
HILLEN	Hans
HILZ	Hugo
HIMPEL	Willy
HIRSCHBERG	Paul	SS-Standartenführer	907	99829
HITLER	Adolf		1
HOCHGRASSL	Hubert	SS-Untersturmführer
HÖCHNER	Otto
HÖFLER	Albert
HOFMANN	Arthur
HOFMANN	Klaus
HOFMANN	Paul
HOFMEISTER	Karl

Coburg Badge - Fakes.

Coburg Badge - Fake reverse.

Note the makers mark SWB in a clover leave. The SBW cloverleaf mark applied as a spoof BSW trademark to cast but good quality copies - not intended to deceive -  and was applied to all sorts of badges made around twenty-five years ago by the Londoner Sean Barry Weske, who now lives in California.

Coburg - Obverse Fake - Souval.

Coburg - Reverse - Fake - Souval mark.



Coburg - Reverse Fake - Souval.

Coburg - Obverse Fake.

Coburg - Reverse Fake.

Coburg Badge - Fantersy.