It is common knowledge among HJ collectors that any HJ membership badges marked 'Otto Hoffmann' are questionable at the very best. Most of us I think view them as outright copies - particularly the multi-coloured 'sweetshop' type; an example of which can be found here.
The reason usually given...
Is this list complete chaps?
LDO.
Hersteller Präsidialkanzlei:
1 Deschler & Sohn, München
2 C.E. Juncker, Berlin
3 Wilhelm Deumer, Lüdenscheid
4 Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid
5 Hermann Wernstein, Jena-Lobstedt
6 Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart
7 Paul Meybauer, Berlin
8 Ferdinand Hoffstätter...
cant believe someone with the experiance of the collectors guild has a hj members badge just arrived on their site by otto hoffmann,
surely they are aware of these fakes :sad:
stu
Admin Edit: picture added
Here is the Type I cap badge, marked to O.Baudermann.
As some of you know I'm not a specialist HJ collector so I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong on this. If I understand Wim Saris correctly in our conversations, this was the only authorised company allowed to produce the type one...
Hi everyone,
I searched on the net a bit to find more about the Paulmann and Crone firm who made the HJ honour award under RZM license number M1/78.
Is it possible that this firm now made parts for the car industrie? Has ayone tried to contact the firm? However, most of the time they won't...
here is a nice clean membership card i got a few weeks back that belonged to Otto theiß from bann 764 in Kusel, he worked as a butcher.
havent realy looked at this one as its pretty plain but nice all the same :thumbup1:
On Jamie Cross website, on the weekly update he advertising a HJ membership badge stamped Otto Hoffmann.
Am I right in thinking these are all fakes? I am sure that I have read about these before on the Forum?
steiner
Source: http://www.hj-research.com/forum/f90/rzm-hersteller-list-1190/index2.html#post36054
M1/1 Kallenbach, Meyer & Franke ~ Luckenwalde
M1/2 Richard Conrad ~ Weimar
M1/3 Max Kremhelmer ~ München
M1/4 Karl Gutenkunst ~ Oranienburg ( License withdrawn on 10.01.1935)
M1/5 Walter Simon ~ Dresden...