Bidspirit auction | A Set four DAF Member

A Set four DAF Member - A Set four DAF Member's Lapel Pin. The ” Deutsche Arbeitsfront ” (German Labor Front), originally founded in 1933, became an official NSDAP organization in October 1934. Its stated purpose was to educate the workers in industry and commerce in furtherance of the smooth and efficient operation of all labor in the Third Reich. It also controlled the KdF, ” Kraft durch Freude ” (Strength through Joy) organization which provided recreation for workers. However, DAF most important goal was to enforce the political stability of the large mass of work force. A die-struck zinc pin which features the DAF emblem of a mobile swastika within a fourteen-toothed cog, 19mm in diameter. Where the cog is smooth, the swastika has raised edges within which is a cross-hatched pattern. The two pins are: RZM marked ” M1/184 ” with and without ” O ” for W. Aurich, Leipe. The second two pins are: RZM M1 / 115 or RZM M1 / 165 A 42/43mm long rifled pin is soldered to the reverse center of the swastika. Magnetic. Weight of a single item: 1,69 / 1,79 g.