Deutsche Reich Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband Mitgliedsabzeichen

In an excellent condition a German National Clerks Association memberships pin

Frontside: Two crests one with the national three colors and the other blue with oakleave. In the middle the caduceus. Underneath the DHV logo

Backside: No maker markings

Background information:

On September 2, 1893, the "German Commercial Assistants' Association" was established in Hamburg as a professional organization representing the interests of commercial employees. It was founded on the initiative of Protestant youth associations that were supporters of the court chaplain Adolf Stoecker and his Christian-social movement. On January 1, 1896, the name was changed to the "German National Clerks' Association", which also made the DHV's affiliation with the völkisch and anti-Semitic movement clear to the outside world.

After 1930, the association increasingly came to terms with the new power factor of the NSDAP. In 1933 the DHV was brought into line. On the one hand, pressure from the NSDAP and the hope of the DHV leadership to secure the existence of the DHV in the National Socialist state through adaptation played a role. On the other hand, the DHV now also identified with the NSDAP as part of a common folkish movement

Code: 52138