Date:         Fri, 7 Jun 1996 00:19:46 -0900
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From:         rsthj@aurora.alaska.edu (Thomas Johnson)
Subject:      Re: 1938 VolkswagenWerk Groundbreaking Pins


>These are the pins with the Beetle silhouette (3/4 view) with 
>swastika-in-cogwheel (labor front logo) rising like a sun behind it.  
>Lettering is incised in base and filled with red paint; the rest of 
>the pin/badge is unpainted metal - pewter looking.
>
>Most excellent items; never seen one in person.  Odd that I found two 
>within two weeks of each other, one in the nazi/wwII junk section in 
>an antique store in Fernandina Beach, FL; the other at the good old 
>Tallahassee Flea Market.

I've got one of these that I picked up for $20 at an antique store a few
years back.  It is identical to what you describe but it also says "GES.
GESCH." on the back of the pin.  

-Tom