Buttons

[Wilhelm Saris]

Hello kc1,

I did check your thoughts about "ost territories". The drawing, I do show here, is from
the regulation from 1942 from "Dienstbekleidungsvorschrift für den Geschäftsbereich
des Reichsministeriums für die besetzten Ostgebiete". It is a look-a-like for the state-
officials button.



I am sure the swastika-buttons were not worn by members of eastern related organizations,
as for example the Zentral-Handelsgesellschaft Ost, nor for those being staff-members for
the RR (Stabsangehörigen des Einsatzstabes Reichsleiter Rosenberg). For the last there
is no proof at all (see ZO photo tunic-buttons).



If the swastika-buttons would have a political connection, they would have been RZM
marked, I think. But they aren't! They do not even have a manufacturers logo!

[CBH]

They could even be Tibetan or similar .

[Wilhelm Saris]

Could be, as the swastika was used in many countries.

It is also possible the swastika buttons were used by some
so-called "Vaterländischer Verband", nazi related
political organization from the early period, but I think the
form then also would have been in a cataloque.

[kc1]

Once again thanks for the time all posters have taken on this.
The sub groups within the The Third Reich system , their interactions and power struggles, are a fascinating area to delve into.