The vast majority of course are from the RZM period
Garry, they were introduced in 1934? so therefore
all of them were from the RZM period
BUT, this was the start of the RZM markings, and as we know from the early announcements, makers were doing what they wanted right up into 1935 and beyond. These were most certainly not all ordered through the RZM or a Großhändler back in the start, and taking the amount of makers into consideration and the size of Germany, i cant see any reason why they could not be original.
Regards the
".....Pin does not look right to me" Not wise to even go there. What the majority of collectors *think* they know about pins and attachments today is laughable, based on nothing other than comparison, and has absolutely nothing to do with history.
In fact, it`s actually a Plus for this item to have a pin that does not fit in with the majority, that is more than acceptable and correct.
Most early items made by obscure makers in an incorrect way usually do have weird attachments. You should be aware, that the maker of badges and awards, would most certainly have
not, made the attachment as well. Not just in 1934, but all the way through to 2011
I already covered this topic some time ago
here.
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Footnote: When i say that makers were doing
"what they wanted.." i don't mean they were deliberately going against laws and rules, we have to remember how Big the German Reich was, and how any NS Item, official or not, was being produced by tens of thousands of backyard makers for 15 years prior to this. They did not have email and TV like we have today, so any new Laws and changes were slow to reach every makers ears, and every area, and even after they did, slow to implement. That`s why we read the same RZM announcements over and over even
years after they were first Published, reminding Makers of the rules and how they should either make, or mark certain items.
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