broach Erinnerung an den D.U.D.w.J. - Banat

[polepol]

Hello,

Does anyone have information about the broach Erinnerung an den D.A.D.w.J. - Banat ?

Best regards,

[HPL2008]

The brooch is modelled on the 1937-pattern service brooches of the RADwJ; obvious differences being the text and the used of a "sunwheel" Swastika.

The second letter in the abbreviation is actually not a "U", but an "A". "Zur Erinnerung an den D.A.d.w.J. Banat" means "As a memory of the D.A.d.w.J. Banat". "D.A.d.w.J." would appear to mean "Deutscher Arbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend" = "German Labor Service of the Female Youth".

A Deutscher Arbeitsdienst [German Labor Service] was formed in the Banat region in 1942 upon a decree by the Volksgruppenführer der Deutschen Volksgruppe im Banat und Serbien [Leader of the Ethnic German Community in the Banat and Serbia].

I do not know whether the piece is real, fake or fantasy.

[polepol]

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[harryamb2]

from the looks of it I would say an original badge.

[polepol]

Thanks for the information.

Best regards,