SMGP-2241 Der Stahlhelm FrauenBund Members Badge

Stahlhelm badge in silvered Tombac and excellent blue enamel with a silver F (Frauenbund) fastened onto a silvered and enameled circular base; the reverse marked Ges. Gesch.; measuring 22mm in diameter; in overall very fine condition. Adopted in 1924 for the women’s help division of the der Stahlhelm veterans group. Rarer Stahlhelm badge.

Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten (German: ‘The Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers’), commonly known as Der Stahlhelm (‘The Steel Helmet’), was a German First World War veteran’s organisation existing from 1918 to 1935. In the late days of the Weimar Republic, it was closely affiliated to the monarchist German National People’s Party (DNVP), placed at party gatherings in the position of armed security guards (Saalschutz).