Cant figure out what exactly this is

[NickP]

I saw that Ade knows a lot about this stuff so hopefully he can help me out.

real or fake?

what exactly is it? whats the history around it?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Zoll (Customs Officers) arm badge.

We have got some more of these shown on the forum: if you do a search on "Zoll" you will find them.

Cheers, Ade.

PS: Welcome to the forum! And thanks for the kind comments.

[NickP]

this one doesnt have the secondary level of writing for the customs badge though?

Kopien Wappenschild

I found this but cant read german and they all have that secodary writing

so is this one real or fake?

[stuka f]

Great site, you gave us.
To me it should have that secondary writed level.
cheers
|<ris

[Adrian Stevenson]

You are comparing "Apples " to "Oranges" I think?

The need to read some German is really nessasary.

Yours reads " Reichszollverwaltung" (National Customs Administration). Yours looks good to me?

The Collector's Guild

Thoese in the link read "Reichsfinanzverwaltung" meaning "National Finance Administration".

Google Answers: Identification of a German Badge for a World War II military collection

Cheers, Ade.

[NickP]

do you know anything about the unit number or where i can find the history of the unit?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Nick, I think you will find the number is personal to the wearer.

No idea if any of this kind of info is available: I seriously doubt it?

Cheers, Ade.

[NickP]

but i saw to stay away from a certain #, i believe 32023, because they are all fakes, so i figured this number was a unit

[Woolgar]

Did you know that certain employees of the Reichszollverwaltung were Gestapo ?

Nice badge

Nick

[NickP]

i did not know that but the gentlemen that brought in that bade also brought in a polizei belt buckle and some nice pins and cuff links so im thinking that those items might have been pulled off the same soldier