N.S.Frauenschaft Membership Badge, RZM 63
Price: $89
BUY / RESERVE THIS ITEMDescription: A slightly convex, alloy and enamel badge in the form of an inverted triangle, 22mm wide along its top edge and 23mm tall. “N.S. Frauenschaft” is to the white band to the top of the obverse, underneath which is a white cross against a black background. To the center of the cross is a red, static swastika, and “G” is to its left arm, “H” to its right, and “L” to its base. These Gothic letters signify the Frauenschaft motto, “Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe” (Faith, Hope, Love). All of the letters, and the edges of the swastika, cross, and the badge itself, are in the same gilt color as its alloy base. A horizontal pin-back device is crimped to a circular plate brazed to the reverse. Marked Ges.Gesch. RZM 63. Scarce to see in this size.
BACKGROUND: The “Nat. Soz. Frauenschaft” (National Socialist Women’s-organization) was formed by absorbing the earlier “Deutsches Frauenwerk” (German Women’s-welfare-organization), and the “Deutscher Frauenorden” (German Women’s-order), into a single national organization. The first pattern Frauenschaft member’s badge followed the design of the earlier “Deutscher Frauen Orden” badge, as introduced in the mid-1920s, with minor variations. In 1938 the first pattern badge was replaced with a modified second pattern member’s badge, which followed the design of the earlier “Deutsches Frauenwerk” badge.
