Item Description
Original Items: Only one set available. Acquired directly from a veterans family at a recent military show. "Tinnies" (Veranstaltungsabzeichen - Event Badge) are small commemorative pins or medals, acquired when one attended a specific event held in Germany. They were often made of thin stamped metal, bakelite, or even pressed paper. This collection consists of the following ten German WWII medals and tinnie pins:
- 1938, 1st Mai 1937 (May Day, labor day) Tinnie by Schirwa of Solingen - Wald
- 1934 Labor Day Tinnie maker marked on reverse: "REICHS VERBANU No 11 PFORZHEIM"
- 1937 Reichsparteitag (NSDAP Party Rally) Tinnie marked FERD. WAGNER PRORZHEIM
- 1937 Deutsches Jugenfest (German Youth Festival) HJ Tinny.
- Plastic Heer Soldier's Tinnie by Richard Sieper & Söhne, Lüdenscheid. RZM M9/25 Marked.
- Celluloid Germanic Archeology Tinnie marked with primitive Swas design found in Romania. Back is marked TORDOS SIEBENBÜRGEN NORDISCH - INDOGERMANISCH UM 2300 V.D. ZTR.. This basically indicates the origin, and that the design is from 2300 B.C.E.
- Westfalen Winterhilfswerk WHW (Winter Help Work) Donation Tinnie circa 1930.
- Leuchte Scheine Gold'ne Sonne über dieses freie Land German Tinnie, issued in the Gau 'Koblenz-Trier'. This was part of the WHW (Winterhilfswerk - Winter Help Work) series. The tinnie shows a man holding bundles of wheat with the sun over his left shoulder and a swas over his right shoulder. The script on the tinnie translates as: "Bright shiny golden sunlight over this free land". Additional markings on back.
- Tinny from Haakon's Hall in Bergen, Norway.
- RLB Donation tinny marked LUFTSCHUTZ TUT NOT - "Air protection is necessary"
All tinnies are offered in very good condition, though some are missing their pin backs.
- This product is available for international shipping. Shipping not available to: Australia, France, or Germany
- Due to legal restrictions this item cannot be shipped to Australia, France or Germany. This is not a comprehensive list and other countries may be added in the future.
- Not eligible for payment with Paypal or Amazon
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