German Der Stahlhelm Landsturm 1924 Member Stickpin

Nice condition die-stamped silvered Tombac badge. Unmarked. Unusual stickpin and a rare early veterans item. Measures 20mm square with a 40mm smooth pin.

Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten (German: ‘The Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers’), commonly known as Der Stahlhelm (‘The Steel Helmet’), was a German First World War veteran’s organisation existing from 1918 to 1935. In the late days of the Weimar Republic, it was closely affiliated to the monarchist German National People’s Party (DNVP), placed at party gatherings in the position of armed security guards (Saalschutz).