The National Socialist Party in Norway was called Nasjonal Samling and had many features in common with the German NS. The use of military style groupings, medals and badges was one.

On a very recent trip to Norway (I just returned from Europe yesterday), I managed to acquire this collection of NS related items, purportedly all coming from one very nasty family, that of a Leif Wolfstrom.

To start with, here are two different NS membership pins, one in silver and one in gold.

Also, here is an NS necklace.

There were organizations within the NS, called Hirds, which literally translate into 'King's Men'. Like the various German NS organizations, there were groups, or Hirds, for men, youth and boys, as well as for women, teen girls and young girls.

Generally, the badges for these organizations were gold, silver and bronze, but not always.

Here is a Rikshird badge, number 1764, and a Rikshird cap badge.

Along with the above and below pins and badges, came a set of bodyguard collar tabs. Vidkun Quilsing had a special group guarding him and they had unique collar tabs and a badge, consisting of an eagle holding a suncross over the intertwined letters of 'V' and 'Q'.

There was some controversy about these tabs when they were posted on a Norwegian forum. The 'textbook' version of these collar tabs is a 'hard ' backing with a zinc plate backing the cloth the metal insignia is attached to. These tabs, while considered original as to the metal insignia, do not have the hard backing. Some of the Norwegian expert collectors think that this is a soft backed variation and totally period, while others think that the soft backing may be post war.

In any case, these are neat items and not too often seen here.

There was an organization called Kamporganisasjon. This literally translates into 'Fight Organization' and these were the shock troops, the equivalent to the SA.

Of course, they would have their own pins.

Here is the pin that came with this collection, numbered 4704.

During the 1930s and 1940s, there was a desire to link the various Germanic people across national boundaries.

Out of this, came what is called the Norwegian German Association. There were several Germanic type pins issued in the 1940's and this one is for the youth group within this association.

Finally, and the major reason why I acquired this collection, we have two pins that indicate membership in the Germanic SS Norge, the Norwegian equivalent to the SS.

The first is a very nice example of the GSSN supporting member pin, number 1981.

Second, and even more rare, is a pin indicating membership in GSSN, number 281.

Many times, these pins, if found at all, have damaged enamel, but these two are in really nice shape.

Enjoy,

John

Great stuff, thank you for sharing

Congrats John
Very nice items my friend.

Regards LH

John,
that is an amazing collection!!!
I was lucky enough to see it last month - thank you for that.
And the condition of the items are just great.

You are a lucky guy, my friend!

Congrats,
Janos

Thanks, guys.

I had a great time in Norway. LH, too bad that we couldn't manage to get together during this trip. But, there is always next year.

And, Janos, my friend, thank you so much for your hospitality and friendship on this and on previous trips to Budapest. I will be seeing you again next year.

John

John, congrats to you for the acquire of this nice collection of NS related items!!

Just this week, the German Norwegian Association pin finally arrived. It is called the Norsk Tysk Selskap merke.

Here are pics of the pin as well as another shot of the youth version of the same association.

John

JZ,

Great to be able to see these rare little gems. Much appreciated amigo!

Best!

Bill

You have some great looking "NS" items in your collection.

Thank you, Bill and Trond.

I still have some ways to go, but then the most fun is in the search.

John

There were three female organizations within the Nasjonal Samling, they were the Smahird (young girls), the Jenntehird (teens) and the Kvinnehird (women or ladies).

Each organization had its own pin.

Just arrived today (in time for Christmas) is this fine example of a Jenntehird pin. And, I also show you the corresponding Smahird pin.

John

Hannes,

Lovely pins mate, super nice designs.

Best!

W~

The Norwegian Women's organization consisted of three Hirds, Smahird (little girls), Gjentehird or Jentehird (teens) and women Kvinnehird. There was also a Kvinne Organisation. Each group had its pins and its arm badges.

Above you can see the pins for the Smahird and the Jentehird.

I have arm badges for the Smahird and the Kvinnehird showing here... the green is for Smahird and the yellow is for the Kvinnehird.

John

The NS Party in Norway emulated many of the German Nazi party organizations and awards.

Here is an arm patch that is the equivalent to the German Alte Kampfer Chevron... it is the Norwegian Old Campaigner Chevron, called an Aeresvinkel.

John

And, they also ahd an equivalent to thd DLV/NSFK, called the Hirdens Flykorps.

The pin for the HFK reminds one of the pins the Germans put out, too.

John

The Arbeidstjenesten or AT were the equivalent of the German RAD or labour service.

I have two badges from the AT.

The first, Kontroll Befal, is one for the police service of the AT.

The second, Vakt AT, is a camp guard badge.

You can find most of these badges and cloth items in David Littlejohn's book, Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, Vol 1.

John

And a little Norway Flag pin.

John

Found this from your most recent posts and these are very cool items that I can imagine are pretty rare!

Here are some recent pickups from my trip to Norway.

Frontfighter 1940,

Norwegian Lotte (Women`s group)... not sure if in the NS period, pre or post war,

A nice Police badge given out to the members of the Norwegian police companies (around 300 in total) who fought in Finland against the Russians,

A NS Sports cloth badge.

In 1944, the Nasjonal Samling published a yearbook with some of their rules, pictures of their emblems and uniforms (a lot of this appears in the Littlejohn book on Foreign Legions of the SS) and list of names of party members in the various regions of Norway.

There were a series of yearly meetings of the various regions.

I just received the 1938 version and show by comparison the 1942 version as well.

As well, here is a pin / badge for a 1944 meeting and a 10th anniversary.

John

New items over the past few month:

Riksmote 1935, I now have three of these.
Meeting in Oslo in 1941 with Hitler Youth
Normannafolk pin
Hidrmonstringen 1943
Frontkjemper paper pin

More to follow.

Somwe Arbeidtjenesten items:

AT Presse pin
AT Bygg Ditt Land pin
AT 2nd place sports plaque
NSUF (the equivalent to HJ) member pin

John

Here are some H7 resistance pins and some V for Victory pins.

John

I just returned home from a trip to Norway... where we celebrated my mother-in-law's 100th birthday.

While thre, I managed to pick up the following items:

A Borgartinget 1942 pin clebrating an NS meeting in Sarpsborg on the 21t of June, 1942.

Riksmote 1937 for a meeting in Hamar... I now have 4 of the 6 Riksmote pins.

An AT (the equivalent to the German RAD) bracelet.

And, I also picked up this rare NS bracelet.

John

My latest aarivals:

Borrestevnet 1943 Meeting and competition

SS Dagen 1943

Never seen that cuff band before, very cool stuff!

Kyles:

Here is some info on the Germanske SS Norge:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanske_SS_Norge

john

From what I read there it seems like a beyond rare piece, and it's nice and minty!

Here is a hard to find Norwegian SS poster ... June, 1941 and celebrating the Nordic races fight against Bolshevism. Another Germanske SS item to go with my Norwegian SS collection.

John

100 yrs old!! that's great,,may God keep blessing her..

I agree,,ALL this stuff beyond rare.. You just don't see it. Great hunting John!

G:

She passed some two months after her 100th birthday, sorry to say.

John

John,,,sorry to hear that.. Please accept my condolences.

[That's a great run,,hope we can get anything even close to that!]

The members of the police companies who fought in Finland against the Russians were eligible for a so called Police Honour Medal.

This medal came in 2 classes, all rare, but the 2nd class one being much more difficult to find.

I already had 2 copies of the 1st class medal, one with a repaired suncross. I finally found this 2nd class medal, and after some fierce bidding, managed to snag it for my small Norwegian collection.

Here it is for you to enjoy along with me.

John

My newest baby is this great poster celebrating SS day in 1943 in Oslo.

I also have a few other Germanske SS Norge items.

John

Love the poster! Great addition

John,

Yes, great looking poster. Very nice illustration of the soldier and the ship, nicely printed.

Best!

W~

Thanks, guys,

I see that my typing skills have not deteriorated over the years.. I still ********.

John

that's in great shape.. What you going to do display wise? Frame etc.? Go the whole conservation route. Acid free back board, UV glass etc.etc. That's a great catch!

G:

I will be taking it for framing, like my other posters.

John

That's a nice poster John...looking forward to see your entire collection of WW2 stuff!

Here is the framed poster.

John

Just incredible!

The National Samling Ungdomsfylking (NSUF) was the Norwegian equivalent to the Hitler Youth.

There were two versions of the NSUF membership pins, one painted with a shorter pin and one enamelled with a longer pin. As is typical of a lot of enamel work from that era, the enamel is damaged. This pin also has the 925S silver marking on the rear.

Here are shots of the two pins, the first one is the painted version, the second grouping is of the enamelled version, just in from Norway last week.

John

925S= 925 Silver?

Yes.

The Nasjonal Samling Youth Group engaged in regular sports competitions.

Medals were commissioned and given out in bronze, silver and gold classes, as well as participation medals for each competition starting in the summer of 1941.

Here is an example of such, a bronze medal for the summer games of 1941 in Drammen.

The Nasjonal Samling in Norway had three female groups, or Hird.

The youngest girls could be members of the Smahird, teen girls could join the Jentehird and adult females the Kvinnehird.

It took me quite a while, but I finally found a Kvinnehird membership badge.

Here it is along with badges for the other two organizations.

John

The Nasjonal Samling had annual meetings, some years in Hamar and some in Oslo.

6 of the 8 annual meetins had commemorative badges issued for them.

Today, I recieved the last two that I needed of the 6, one for the 1936 and one for the 1939 meetings.

Here they are.

John

Johnny,

That's one hell of a nice collection of goodies you've put together there ...

Great job and thanks for sharing them with us. Hope you'll have another successful collecting year in 2015.

Best!

Bill

Willi:

So far, 2015 has started with a bang.

John

Love that Kvinnehird pin! White enamel with small accents (usually red) really is nice

Norwegians were divided into two camps, those who supported the Nazis and the Nasjonal Samling and those who resisted.

Resistance came in many forms, from active groups within Norway to armed fighters from outside Norway to those who served in the Norwegian merchant marine during the war years to earn money for the government in exile to continue to fight.

The king of Norway during the war years was Haakon VII and a series of badges and pins were issued for private purchase (probably part of the war financing effort) with the motif, H7, for the people who resisted.

Here are my two latest H7 badges as well as my collection of them.

These last two arrived in the past week making this start of 2015 my best year ever.

John

Here are three new badges for me.

The first is a bronze sports award. These came in two versions, this one with a cut out centre and ones with solid centres. As usual, they came in bronze, silver and gold versions.

The second and third badges commemorate a meeting, Siklestad, in Oslo in 1942.

J

H7 was teh symbol of Norwegian resistance and stood for Haakon 7, the king in exile.

These four beret badges were all manufactured in the UK and spanned the years from 1942 to 1945.

The maker mark appears on all 4 badges as well as the year code ('S' for 1942, 'T' for 1943, U' for 1944, 'V' for 1945). Of these, the 'V' dated one is the hardest to find.

These badges were worn by Norwegian free armed forces members.

John

Instituted on September 19, 1945, the War participation Medal was awarded to about 30,000 military and civil Norwegians who served durign the war years.

A rosette was added to the medal for whose who werved in the Norway campaign (Apr-May 1940)and abroad.

John,, the medal was for those that fought with the Allies as well as Axis?

The guys who fought for the Axis side were generally treated as war criminals and subject to jail or execution following the war's end... they would not be given one of these.

My father in law got one given out in the 1980's when Norway belatedly recognized the role that the merchant marine played in winning the wsr. This was typical of most Allied nations, a shame really. He was kind of pissed and never did show his medal to anyone or talk much about his war experiences.

John

Instituted on Oct 27, 1942, and issued as a ribbon to those in the armed forces stationed in Great Britian, this medal was also given out after the war and issued with the Participation Medal (deltakermedaljen).

It celebrates Haakon VII's birthday on Aug 3, 1942.

This also was given out only to those who fought on the Allied side.

Instituted on May 18, 1945, this medal was awarded to foreign and Norwegian personnel who served the Norwegian cause during the war.

The initial production with this needle suspension (similar to the one for the Haakon VII 70th birthday above) was awarded to some 204 Norwegians and 597 British citizens.

In 1988, the medal was reissued with a traditional needle to 12,178 civilians who served at least 54 months on Norwegian merchant ships during the war.

Here is the earlier version with case and its corresponding miniature.

Again, this was only given to those on the Allied side during the war years.

boxed, good condition,seemingly rare pieces. Your finding some good stuff! Glad someone is!

Thanks, G!

These ones are the 'common' ones for Norway war related medals.

Now, the hunt is on for the really rare ones, like the War Cross with Sword (krigskorset med sverd) and the King Haakon VV Liberty Cross ... these two were given out to 273 people and some 470 respectively.

As usual, the fun is in the hunt.

John

There were some 700 Nordmen who volunteered in Finland for the Winter War against the Russians.

These Norwegians were eligible for a special medal. It was given to people who eventually ended up on both sides of the war after the German invasion of Norway.

There are two versions of this medal.

I just received this one.

John

I also received this ring and these cufflinks with the Nasjonal Samling suncross.

The NS held their 8th convention in Oslo on Sept 25-27, 1942.

They issued a booklet and a badge for the attendees.

On my latest trip to Norway, I managed to snag the bookleet, already having a copy of the badge.

John

The AT (Arbeidstjeneste) were Norway's equivalent to the German RAD.

Here is a pin for the AT administration.

In 1944, the NS instituted a heroic deed or lifesaving medal (Medaljen for Redningsdad). Only 25 of these were ever made and 18 were actually issued between, 1944 and 45. All of them were made by J Tostrup of Oslo. Note that the maker mark is also preceded by the Norwegian silver hallmark of 830S. Here is one of the 25.

John

Here are Nasjonal Samling period transit tickets for Oslo. Note the NS cross on each.

Great Collection Very Beautiful

Some items I just picked up in Norway.

- collar tab and shoulder patch for NS Minister
- collar tabs for cadets at NS Leader College
- NSUF (youth) winter sports pin for 1945
- NSUF winter 1941 entry ticket

Wow that's awesome

Thanks for posting these. A great learning experience for me.

I also picked up this collection from one female member of the youth organization and eventually the female portion of the NS.

The collection consists of 6 paper documents, all from the NSUF, the youth. Also, armband and patch, the jentehird pin (#7) and her NS membership book, the KO pin (#1579) and membership book, and I added a Stor-Oslo cufftitle used by the NSUF.

Papers in next post.

John

Here are some papers from 1940 and 41, all on NSUF letterhead.

Incredible

hi john z
i second what mike just said incredible collection congts you deserve these great pieces of norweign ww 2 history you work hard at improving your collection god bless andy the militarynut

John,,, I don't get too much of a chance to 'come on' much.. But when I get a chance I always look to see what your latest finds are..

Of course I love the ring, cufflinks and stic pin,,,real beauties and tough to find!
But the collar tab and shoulder patch for NS Minister,,WOW really nice, rare pieces, good work,,great finds!.
Thanks for sharing, enjoying it!.

Thank you all for your kind words here.

I also picked up this collection attributed to a Norwegian youth member who also participated in a number of Hitler Youth events and has the miniature pins for them.

He was a member of the SS skijager battalion and was a police volunteer and has cufftitles from the NS youth group in Opland.

And, I have his post war prisoner uniform badge number (5148).

So, here is his little collection:

- prisoner badge number 5148
- HJ membership pin RZM 7/90
- Riksmote 8 1942 meeting badge
- HJ Leistung in silver RZM 1/101
- DJ Leistung RZM 1/120
- SS button RZM 63
- police cap badge L&WH
- NSUF arm patch
- Verneidrettsmerke
- cufftitle Frivilligenhjelp (police)
- cufftitle Germanische Landdients
- cufftitle Opland (NSUF)

A great and interesting collection.

John

Never seen almost half of this stuff before! Wow is an understatement... I'm wondering if these cuff titles aren't in our gallery can/should they be added?

John, are you going to max? And if you are.... would you display? I speak on behalf of probably most everyone here when I say I would love to see it!

Mike, I am not going to the MAX. I only go to the SOS nowadays.

I will have a bunch of armbands to post once I take pictures.

I picked up some 20 or so Norwegians on my last trip.

John

Here is my favourite pickup from my recent trip to Norway.

This man was an SS-Jager serving in the 6th Geb Jager Battalion Norge. He served in Finland and I have the following documents and insignia:

- Finland flag
- Finnish knife
- SS Dogtag
- SS Insignia (collar tabs and shoulder boards)
- SS Soldbuch
- Black wound badge and award document
- 1944 pocket calendar
- a hospital pass/id
- a phot0graph
- the 1958 Lappland Cross award document, medal and mini
- note re the Lappland Cross award

Here are some.

More pics

Here is the neat stuff for me - the Lappland Cross award from Finland after the war.

- the award
- a note
- the Cross and a mini
- the Finnish knife
- the Finnish flag

John

The Norwegian Nasjonal Samling government modeled many of their institutions after the German National Socialists.

Here we have two AT (Arbeidtjeneste) armbands. The AT was the equivalent of the German RAD.

One was for the AT itself, the other is a Press armband.

There were youth organizations, adult male and adult female orgainzations (Hird)

Here are the following:

Female adult (Kvinnehird)
Male adult (Rikshird)
Marine
NSUF (different youth Hird.. with swords for more senior and without swords for more junior positions both male and female)

The predecessor to the NS was the Fredreland party, translated as Freedom Party. Most members of this party went onto and joined the NS when it was formed.

The NS equivalent to the TENO was their own Teno. Here is their armband

Wow what great armbands! I'd imagine quite rare too.

Workplace guards

Railway civil guards

Fire

- regional fire chief and 2nd in command
- regional fire guards
- marine fire guard
- NS fire guard

- first aid
- red cross (nurses, priests, sanitation)

Indutrial air raid

- water (V)
- electricity (E)
- telephone (T)
- youth telephone (NSUF BT Telefon)

War Games armbands

- Gidsel - hostage/captured
- Star - hostile soldier

Military Police in Sweden

NS Air Defense

Police

Rural Police

Watch

Rescue - brown and white
Opsyn - not known to me
Samleder - not known to me

"Oppsyn" means supervision in Norwegian

Mike, I found out that this is for supervision for civil persons volunteering for the NS.

Here is another war games armband, B for Bortfort or captured.

And, two versions of the Den Norske Legion armband.

Wow,, between the rarity and condition this is museum stuff John... Great score!!

Here are some Home Guard items.

Region 2 - Eidsivating, Hedmark and Oppland.

2 Home Guard Pins.

John,,, is there a reference book that has these items [and even more hopefully!] ..

I'd say the majority of these items most collects have not seen. Is there a book? either in English or another lang.?

Here are the Number 3 Hafrsfjord (and Rogaland, Agder and Telemark) and Number 4 Gulating (and Hordaland and Sogn and Fjordane).

Plus, one reference book, called the Nasjonal Samling Yearbook from 1944. There are other reference booklets, such as the ones re Norway in Sweden (Idrett for Norge), etc but few have come to my attention.

Derek Schei and Geir Brendan have put out a three (so far) volume of Norwegians volunteers on the German side (Norske krigsfrivillige pa tysk side), but these tend to focus on the insignia and medals given out or allowed by the German armed forces for Norwegian volunteers.

John

found on the net a good photo for this topic John!..

Here is a photo of a document showing some of the armbands for Nasjonal Samling. I am in the hunt for more and better info.

John

Class!

Here is a movie poster from a film made for the German high command and celebrating German victories up until the invasion of Norway in 1940.

For some reason, this film was never released and it was thought lost with only a few pictures from the film surviving the war. A full nitrate copy was found at auction in 2005 and the film has been released in Germany and Norway.

Here is a reference to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampf_um_Norwegen_%E2%80%93_Feldzug_1940

This is a poster for the film (thank you, Paul and Nate Hogle).

John

So its an original!!, Wow John what nice condition and good colors.. You got to mount that with acid free backing and the special UV glass.. Very nice,,Congrats!

Coming home with me from my recent trip to Norway is this NS Fishery cuff.

I don't think this has anything to do with the film.
There was a commemorative magazine published for the Feldzug with 48 pages (if counting the front and rear covers), and that magazine has this cover.
Here are a few of the pages, including front and back.

While in Norway, I managed to find the official programmes for the Riksmotes 4,5,7 and 8. I already had the badges for these, but the programmes add a new dimension.

BTW, the one for Riksmote 8 is hardcover.

John

J

The NS had a very large and formidable youth group organization.

Every year, they held athletic games in the summer and winter and I found a programme for the 1943 winter games in Lillehammer.

As well, here is the rule book from 1944 for the youth org (Ungdom) and the 1944 rule book for the youth marine org (Unghirdmarine)

Here are some more.

Halogaland 1941 with lottery ticket
Hirdkunst 1942
Jonsok 1942
Riksmote 1935

Two collections of letters home:

Sett med egne Oyne
Oppbrudd

Plus:

GSSN Verneidrett invitation
SS Maedshefte Nr 1, 1
Vidkun Quisling 55th birthday

John,,,and 'Trig',,,again, what great pieces.. Really museum quality stuff. I'm sure difficult to find there,,but thats the fun of it at least for me! Maybe one day you can show how you display it,,if you do.. Thanks for showing us...,G.

With a very active resistance movement, the resistance groups openly appeared in the latter days of the war and continued operations during and after the transition once the Germans surrendered. The groups typically were identified by use of the H7 logo, standing for Hakon 7, the king in exile.

Here are some resistance armbands.

Many different versions of H7 and other military org pins exist.

Very interesting

Thanks for showing

Thanks to Tor-Helge, I now have that Kampf um Norwegen booklet as well as tow Norwegian pins, one for the civil air defense and on for police troops in Sweden.

Nice to be able to add to your great collection of Norwegian items :-)

Lots of great stuff in here, this is a great reference topic for us English-speaking collectors.

I started collecting Norwegian just this past October...and had no idea how much stuff the Nasjonal Samling actually produced...so much variety! It's a very interesting niche, and very hard to find and learn about on this side of the globe

Here are cufftitles for the women's Hird, Kvinnehird, for North and South Trondelag.

A notice to the 8th Riksmote, an original SS Dagen 43 booklet and a great reference book with lots of pictures about the Norwegian volunteers in the SS.

Real nice finds John.. You probably have one of the best all around collections of Nasjonal Samling items most of us have seen.. Keep it up,,,congrats!