Subdivision of the RZM ( 1935 -1945 )

[HPL2008]

Steinnussknoepfe are a kind of button made from a tropical tree of a kind I cannot really decipher.

Allow me to assist: When used in buttons, the material it is known as "Corozo". Otherwise known as "vegetable ivory" or "tagua nut", it is made from the seeds of certain palm trees.

Translation remains an art, and it is best done by people who are fluent in languages.

Hear, hear! We are still a long way from the point when online translation tools will provide truly useful translations. The results are still quite awful and often comical; at best, they just about enable one to catch the general drift of a text.

Here's my attempt at a hopefully accurate translation of the list:

"The authorization department includes the following subsections:


W = Wool
D = Service dress
K = Clothing retailers
B = Cotton
A = Equipment
L = Leather
M = Metal
V = Retail outlets (replaced by code letter "E" for "Einzelhandel" ca. 1937)
G = Wholesale
H = Sales representatives



Subsection Wool comprises the groups:

W1 = Cloth factories for all cloths
W2 = Cloth factories for DAF cloths only
W3 = Cap cloth factories
W4 = Badgecloth factories
W5 = Felt factories
W6 = Cloth merchants for all cloths
W7 = Cloth merchants for DAF cloths only
W8 = Retail outlets for HJ ski tricot, DJ blouse cloth, BDM summer- and winter skirt cloths
W9 = Felt wholesalers
W10 = Wool blanket factories
W11 = Wage enterprises*



Subsection Uniforms comprises the groups:

D1 = Bespoke and consignment tailors
D2 = Ready-to-wear clothing enterprises and clothing factories
D3 = Domestic supply cooperatives
D4 = Bespoke tailoring for the Festanzug** of the DAF
D5 = Artisanal and industrial manufacturing, wholesale and retail of own products
D6 = Manufacture of boot-cut, ankle- and knee-length trousers, HJ- winter- and ski blouses
D7 = Manufacturers of BDM-jackets and -skirts
D8 = Manufacturers of BDM-skirts and -blouses



Subsection Clothing Retailers includes the following groups:

K1 = BDM-clothing - sale
K2 = DAF-suits - sale
K3 = DAF-suits - large-scale production
K4 = Sale of finished service clothing for male uniformed personnel
K5 = Sale of sports uniforms



Subsection Cotton comprises the groups:

B1 = Manufacture of twill
B2 = Manufacture of corduroy
B3 = Manufacture of torso lining
B4 = Manufacture of sleeve lining
B5 = Manufacture of wadding linen
B6 = Manufacture of horsehair lining
B7 = Manufcature of tie cloths
B8 = Finishing of twill
B9 = Manufacture of corduroy
B10 = Manufacture of jersey material
B11 = Manufacture of torso lining
B12 = Manufacture of sleeve lining
B13 = Dyeing of sewing thread
B14 = Self-suppliers and wholesalers of woven goods
B15 = Resale of corduroy
B16 = Lining cloth wholesale
B17 = Resale of sleeve lining
B17a = Contractees for the dyeing of raw fabrics / cloth group "d"
B18 = Manufacture of service shirts, brownshirts, sports pants, scarves and neckcloths
B18a = Bespoke tailoring of service blouses and brownshirts
B18b = Manufacture of service blouses and brownshirts
B18c = Manufacture of service blouses, brown- and HJ-shirts
B18d = Execution of wagework on behalf of the Reichszeugmeisterei
B19 = Manufacture of tricot brownshirts, sports shirts, swimsuits and tracksuits
B20 = Manufacture of ties
B21 = Manufacture of rain capes of the HJ, BDM, NSKK, SA, Marine SA



Subsection Equipment includes the following groups:

A1 = Cap factories
A2 = Cap makers
A3 = Sale of DAF caps
A3 / S = Obtaining of national insignia for caps
A4 = Cloth insignia manufacturers
A5 = Cap band manufacturers
A6 = Hosiery manufacturers
A7 = Shelter quarter- and bread bag manufacturers
A8 = Leather button manufacturers
A9 = Moulded material button manufacturers
A10 = Corozo button manufacturers
A11 = Cloth insignia auxiliary companies
A12 = Hosiery auxiliary companies
A13 = Medal ribbon manufacturers



Subsection Leather comprises the following groups:

L1 = Leather factories
L2 = Leather goods factories
L3 = Tornister pack factories
L4 = Master saddlers
L5 = Belt factories
L6 = Crash helmet factories
L7 = Shoe factories



Subsection Metal comprises the following groups:

M1 = Metal badge manufacturers
M2 = Metal badge auxiliary companies (dagger accessories and enamel work)
M3 = Emblems manufacturers
M 3 f = Manufactures of official seals for the NSDAP, its divisions and affiliated organizations
M4 = Belt buckle manufacturers
M5 = Uniform accoutrements manufacturers
M5a = Buttons
M5b = Belthooks
M5c = Carabiner hooks
M5d = Fittings
M6 = Aluminum goods manufacturer
M7 = Dagger and sheath knife manufacturers
M8 = Metal accessories manufacturers (tent pegs, spades)
M9 = Meeting- and event badge manufacturers
M10 = Musical instruments manufacturers
M11 = Long Service Awards
M12 = Manufacturers of medal bar backing plates, medal bars and ribbon bows (no miniatures)



Subsection Retail Outlets comprises the following groups: (known as "Brown Shop")

V1 = For all items
V2 = Badges only
V3 = Leather gear including equipment only
V4 = Equipment and badges only
V5 = Caps only
V6 = Caps and badges only
V7 = Caps, equipment and badges only
V8 = Brownshirts and badges only
V9 = Brownshirts and brown cloth only
V10 = Musical instruments and accessories
V11 = Shelter quarters, tornister packs, canteens, drinking cups, bread bags, mess kit and spades only
V12 = HJ- hiking knives only
E13 = Sale of regulation footwear for HJ and BDM only
E14 = Sale of pennants and vehicle accessories, fender poles, hood ornaments, car plaques and decorations only
E14a = Sale of aluminum foil-covered pressed cardboard emblems only
E15 = Sale of official party flags only
E16 = Sale of Party long service awards only



Subsection Wholesale comprises the groups:

G1 = Clothing, equipment, badges
G2 = Tailors' commodities (leather buttons for HJ, SA cufflinks, belthooks, cloth insignia)
G3 = Tailors' commodities (excluding cloth insignia)
G4 = Button wholesalers
G5 = PO-buttons
G6 = Metal badges
G7 = Cloth insignia
G8 = Leather goods
G9 = Saddlery (Belt buckles, twin-claw buckles, fittings for leather goods)
G10 = Caps, cap parts, cap badges
G11 = Hosiery
G12 = Equipment (mess kits, drinking cups, canteens, tornister packs)
G13 = Emblems, NS-vehicle accessories (hood ornaments, plaques, pennant poles)
G14 = HJ hiking knives
G15 = HJ- and BDM-footwear
G16a = Musical instruments, swallows nests, leather accessories, drum hooks
G17 = Sports clothing"

*) Lohnbetriebe are companies providing "outsourced" work/services on behalf of other companies.

**) The dark blue civilian-style suit worn by male DAF members for festive occasions

[Hugo Rietzel]

Thanks for the improved translation HPL2008

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Brown Load is a digital concoction with especially unpleasant associations.

Long live Andreas!

[DrCMH]

Thank you, everyone, for the information and translations.

Now I have a better understanding of the following tag...



Thanks again,

CMH

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The riddles in enigmas shrouded in mystery.

Here we have a nice group of cooperative, intelligent and able personages to disentangle all these issues.

My thanks to you all.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

no man can say.....

[Wilhelm Saris]

according to the 1938 RZM manufacturing-regulations the M2 - Hilfsbetriebe
(auxiliary companies) were classified as:
a) general (allgemeine Hilfsbetriebe);
b) galvanizing (Galvanisieren);
c) soldering (Löten). It may be of interest that such auxiliaries were practicaly all located at Lüdenscheid;
d) enameling (Emaillieren). It may be of interest that such auxiliaries were practically all located at Pforzheim;
e) pressing/moulding (Pressen);
f) galvanising, grinding and polishing (Galvanisieren, Schleifen, Polieren);
g) striking/pressing (Prägen, Pressen);
h) striking (Prägen)

Many auxiliaries were helping out manufacturers that made buckles and such stuff, especially with c), e) and g/h)!
As far as I know M7 could have numbers like M7/H25. The H stands for auxiliary company. This is stated in the
one or the other Mitteilungsblatt from early 1941. Note they were NOT an M2 concern.

M11 was divided in companies that made the bronze NSDAP award and did enameling; concerns that only did
enameling and concerns that ony did make the bronze one;
M12 included some concerns that made miniatures for the NSDAP awards. The Mitteilungsblatt from March 8,
1941 mentioned a number of M 12 which only made miniatures for the NSDAP awards.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

eine Praegeanstalt, "pre" RZM....