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04-24-2018 06:31 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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Hello Jimm,
nice hard to find badge.
Well done
Doug
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I have never seen that badge before and it is really interesting and nice looking piece. I like enamel badges very much too and that is indeed great find Jimm.
Best regards,
Franko
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Nice badge and interesting origins. I have no idea how old this badge is but PHV - Polizeihundvereine (plural) and PSV - Polizeiundshutzhundvereine have been around in Germany for over a hundred years and still exist in many German towns. Of course the origin is with the training of police dogs but from very early in the history of PHV there was a civilian and sports club element. After WWII they came under the umbrella of the DVG or Deutshe Verband der Gebrauchshundvereine or German Association of Working Dog Sports Clubs. I believe there is even a branch in the US organised on the same structure as the German Verein.
I hope this is of interest.
Regards
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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Thank you for that very insightful post Mark.
Best regards,
Franko
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