#98488
08/14/2006 10:39 PM
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Need help to id this badge. Over two inches wide. That is a penny nest to it.
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#98489
08/14/2006 10:39 PM
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back.
It says W.Mayer's Metalwaarenfab. Stuttgart
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#98490
08/14/2006 11:20 PM
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Is it something to do with music? Mike
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#98491
08/14/2006 11:30 PM
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Dave, I think RMS is right asomething to do with music, I'm thinking it's a members pin. Nice looking one and I think it's an imperial piece.
Fritziii
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#98492
08/15/2006 06:32 AM
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The abbreviation "Lothring." stands for "Lothringen", which in French is "Lorraine". Elsass is the German way of saying "Alsace". So the badge is from the area between France & Germany called "Alsace-Lorraine". This region in n/w France, consisting of the former provinces of Alsace & Lorraine, was adopted by Germany in 1871 but given back to France by the wonderful Versailles Treaty. Germany retook it in 1940; it went back to France in 1944. Yes, it's a badge of the Deutscher Sangerbund (German Singer's League), made up of operetta vocalists & other professional singer-entertainers. Many US cities used to have German "Sangerbunds"; there used to be one in Erie PA which later became a wild all-nite private-club dance spot but still retained the name "The Sangerbund".
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#98493
08/15/2006 02:10 PM
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Thanks, guys. Can anyone tell me what it is worth ?
Dave
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#98494
08/17/2006 05:05 AM
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..It would most likely have had a ribbon attached as well,similar to a veterans org. pin... www.kurskmilitaria.com
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