Visuals provided; id skills needed

alanint · 01-06-2009, 10:48 AM

Ram wrote;
policeluger, Ron, alanint..thanks for the Hitler Jugend tip..after researching I'm sort of torn between the inlay being a gilt edged HJ leaders cap insignia or an HJ membership pin..what's your thoughts..

It is hard to tell from your photograph. The pins were nickeled over brass and it would appear that you have a nickeled pin which has worn down to the brass, (most evident in the Swastika aerea) and not a leader's gilt example.
Unfortunately the person who altered these grips ruined the value of both the grips and the pin in the process.
Original HJ pins can still be had today for under $30 in good condition. A little more for a gilt example

01-06-2009, 10:48 AM	#8
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Ram wrote; policeluger, Ron, alanint..thanks for the Hitler Jugend tip..after researching I'm sort of torn between the inlay being a gilt edged HJ leaders cap insignia or an HJ membership pin..what's your thoughts.. It is hard to tell from your photograph. The pins were nickeled over brass and it would appear that you have a nickeled pin which has worn down to the brass, (most evident in the Swastika aerea) and not a leader's gilt example. Unfortunately the person who altered these grips ruined the value of both the grips and the pin in the process. Original HJ pins can still be had today for under $30 in good condition. A little more for a gilt example