Overview
- Brief Narrative
- National Sozialistische Frauenschaft [National Socialist Womenhood] triangular membership pin. The letters on the pin, GHL, stand for the organization’s motto "Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe" (Faith, Hope, Love). The NSF was formed in 1931 and in 1935, it became an official party organ of the Nazi Party [NSDAP].
- Date
-
issue:
approximately 1940
- Geography
-
issue:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cayla D. Houston
- Markings
- front, enamel paint : NAT. SOZ. FRAUENSCHAFT / G / H / L
maker's mark, back, with wreath around the M : RZ / M
back, under maker's mark : 46
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Jewelry
- Category
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Pins (Jewelry)
- Object Type
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Lapel pins (aat)
- Physical Description
- Gold colored inverted triangular metal pin, slightly arched, with a white enamel cross on a glossy black enamel background with a red swastika at the center and silver colored letters in Fraktur font on the cross arms and foot. At the top is a white band with German text in silver, Roman font. All sections are outlined with yellow, a signifier of the highest membership rank, Reich. On the back is a patent mark, Nazi Party trademark, and a tension pin.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, enamel paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Nazi propaganda--Germany. National socialism and women. Women--Germany--Societies and clubs.
- Corporate Name
- NS.-Frauenschaft
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Cayla DuChene Houston.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:43:59
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518281
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