Please Help Me Identify These German Items

My granddad brought these items home from the war and I haven't been able to identify them. View attachment 15904 Thanks for any help!

 

duckydps, The center brown item is an American Legion pin. The German items on the right appears to be a WWI item but someone with more expertise will have to help. Dave

 

The two on either end seem more decrorative than anything else. Pity Skipper's not here he would know.

 

Thanks for the help... I guess I was wrong to assume I had identified all of my granddad's American items...

 

One on the left looks like they could have used it as a cake topper...

 

Thought I'd add my grandfather's souvenir as well in case anyone recognizes it:

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This is a badge commemorating Nazi Party "martyr" Albert Schlageter.

Albert Leo Schlageter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Found the following info on this link:

The Schlagetershield


Instituted on the 26th May 1933 by the Schlageter memorial foundation in Hannover, as an Honorary Memorial badge for the 10th anniversary.

On the badge various bars could be mounted and on the bottom swords, which signified that the recipient was an active fighter.

Badges without swords were awarded to Rhein and Ruhr prisoners who were charged by a Military court martial, and because they were imprisoned unable to take part in the fighting.

These badges are considered rare and hard to find.

There were 8 Kampfspangen

1. Grenzschutz 1919/20 (Border Security)
2. Baltikum 1919/20
3. Spartakus 1919/23
4. Rhein/Ruhr 1919/23
5. Rhein/Ruhr 1923/24
6. Oberschlesien. 1921
7. K?rnten 1919
8. NSDP 1922/23

The last two are rarer than the others.

There were three types of Schlagetershield


1.Form; Shield-shaped from May 1933
2. Form; Oval from July 1934
3. Form; Round from March 1935

As to why the shield shape was changed three times, it is not exactly known. However there were differences in opinion with the Reichminister and later with the National socialists about the organisation. On the one side it was not a recognised Freikorpstruppe, on the other, the foundation saw itself as a cover organisation of the NSDAP. Even so the NSDAP did not recognise the Schlagetershield as one of their Honoury badges.
In 1936 the Schlageter Memorial Foundation was dissolved and because of the laws on the wearing of Titles, Orders and Honoury medals/badges were no longer allowed to be worn.

 

Thanks so much adambhoy! Very cool info, didn't know what I had!

 

My pleasure, CactusBird...

It's nice to be on the "helper" side for once!