WW2 - 3RD REICH PERIOD - MAINZ SPORTS CLUB STICK PIN

Rare WW2 Mainz Sports Club stick pin.
Nice undamaged enamel .
Period knurled pin.

All independent sports bodies were absorbed into the 3rd Reich National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise.
Activities of the club during the 3rd Reich period are sketchy but no doubt they had to adhere to the Nazi ideal of exclusion of Jews etc.
Rare wartime piece.
V.G.C.

The "Mainzer Turnverein von 1817" translates to the "Mainz Gymnastics Club of 1817" in English.
It is a sports club based in Mainz, Germany, that was founded in 1817.
The term "Turnverein" is a German word for a gymnastics club or a club dedicated to gymnastics and other physical activities.
They were overseen by the Nazi Party but information is scarce .

Code: 60396