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I recently heard firstly through another collector, then from a thread on another forum that there was an earlier short lived form of the Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst shown in post #1. It was the Weiblicher Arbeitsdienst.

There are a few differences, firstly in the wording around the edge, "Weiblicher Arbeitsdienst" rather than "Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst" around the bottom. The Weiblicher Arbeitsdienst has a + symbol between the sentences rather than a "." as used on the Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst badges, & finally, the numbers on the reverse, the Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst always has the serial number below the pin, whereas on the Weiblicher Arbeitsdienst, the number is always above the pin.

Once I heard this I dug through my collection & found that without realising it, I had one of the Weiblicher Arbeitsdienst.

Firtly a side by side comparison of the two badges.