3rd TN Visor Insignia � Type 3.A (Early)
Next comes the rather �Complex� 3rd Type of TN Visor Insignia. I try to never �disagree� with �Fellow Collectors / Teachers / Mentors / Authors� � but, Instead to present them with �New & Documented� Information, & then let everyone decide for themselves! It�s our Hobby - & Collecting should Always be fun & educational!
� 1935 TN EAGLE - ANNOUNCEMENT: Hugh Page Taylor, in �Police, Vol. 2� noted on page 552, that the Interior Minister, on January 25, 1935, awarded the TN with the honor to wear its own special Visor Emblem (Hoheitsabzeichen). [IMO, this reasonably would �Not� have been done, without having 1st approved a Drawing, or a Model, of the actual TN Visor Eagle design.]
The official Announcement of the 3rd TN Visor Insignia [3.A] is found in the �TN Verordnungsblatt� of February 25, 1935 (published in March). In reading this �TN Verordnungsblatt� issue, & it specifies that this �new TN Eagle� was to be made of NICKEL SILVER, & that the manufacturer was ASSMANN. From this Documentation, we are now Positive, that the 1st TN Eagle was a NICKEL SILVER one!
The TN �Verordnungsblatt� of March 1935 also states:.... ��Order concerning the wearing of the national TN emblem: The national emblem for the TN is to be worn in the upper middle of the service cap (Dienstm�tze) for the TN. Beneath this, upon the cap band, the Neusilber Oakleaf-Wreath [M�tzenkranz] is attached with the [centered] Black-White-Red cocqarde��
� OAK LEAF & NOT LAUREL LEAF 1935 TN M�TZENKRANZ: Thus, there is the Specific Designation of an Oak Leaf M�tzenkranz [& made of Nickel Silver] and NO Mention of the later found, much more common, TN Laurel Leaf M�tzenkranz.
The same style Oak Leaf M�tzenkranz turns out to be a �standard� ASSMANN pattern, which was also used for other Organizations. (It is shown in the in Catalog in an Aluminum model configuration.) Based upon this information, one could �postulate� that TN Visors of Late 1935 & 1936 could be found with a combination of NS Eagle & either a NS �Oakleaf� M�tzenkranz � or � an Aluminum �Oakleaf� M�tzenkranz. [This information makes Collecting TN insignia just that much more interesting & challenging!]
� 1935 TN EAGLE � of NICKEL SILVER: This 1935 Nickel Silver TN Eagle is a VERY Special one, & it is seldom encountered by us, as Collectors. It is easily distinguished by the Rotated Swastika; heavy Weight; the �Cut-Outs� of the lower 3 arms of the Swastika & the Fine Detail of the Eagle�s Wings, Body & Head (w No �Hood� around the head).
� WHY is the NS Eagle so, so RARE? I believe that you�ll see the Answer in the next Post ! !)
I was very fortunate & acquired an ASSMANN Co. Salesman�s Sample board, which nicely shows various TN Metal Insignias. On this Board is the 3rd TN Visor Insignia 3.A w NS Eagle + Oak Leaf M�tzenkranz + Cocquard.
For the sake of having a Reference, let�s �Classify� this Model as the 3rd TN Visor Insignia � Type 3.A (Early). From the available information, there also may �reasonably� be SubTypes 3.A1 (w a Nickel Silver �Oak Leaf� M�tzenkranz) & 3.A2 (w an Aluminum �Oak Leaf� M�tzenkranz). �..Txs, Dave/dblmed
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ASSMANN Sample Board � 3rd TN Visor Insignia � Type 3.A (Early)
Photo of TN Landesf�hrer Walther Junecke wearing this Set. (Very clear, when you Look for the �Cut-Out� Swastika & the Oak Leaf M�tzenkranz!) Dated 1935 on Photo, on the lower RT. Corner.
