Germanic Land Service (Netherlands), membership badge

Germanic Land Service (Netherlands), membership badge . The brooch, made of silver-plated zinc, is in very good, only lightly worn condition. It is a round brooch with an Odal rune in the center, upon which a sword is placed vertically. As is typical, it bears no maker's mark, but is a reliable and known variant. A simple pin is attached horizontally to the reverse. Diameter: 40,23 mm, Weight: 10,14 g.

Rare, in very good condition!

The Germanic Land Service was a National Socialist organization founded in 1942 in the German-occupied Netherlands. As part of the Germanization policy, it served to indoctrinate Dutch youths with Nazi ideology and recruit them for agricultural work. It was organizationally subordinate to Arthur Seyß-Inquart, Reich Commissioner for the Netherlands. However, the organization was effectively led by Hanns Albin Rauter, Higher SS and Police Leader for the Netherlands.