Nazi Party Women's Order of the Red Swastika lapel pin
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The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Cayla DuChene Houston.
approximately 1940
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Nazi Party Women's Order of the Red Swastika lapel pin
overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
National Sozialistische Frauenschaft [National Socialist Womenhood] triangular membership pin. The letters on the pin, GHL, stand for the organization’s motto"Glaube, Hoffnung, Lieb" (Faith, Hope, Love). The NSF was formed in 1931 and in 1935, it became an official party organ of the Nazi Party [NSDAP].
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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 and a tension pin.