History

The DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront = German Labour Front) was the result of a forced association of all German trade unions, established on May 10, 1933. Its purpose was the coordination and control of all aspects of German labour to serve the interests of the NSDAP. The DAF leader was Reichsleiter Robert Ley.

The Deutscher Frauenhilfsdienst (German Women’s Help Service) was part of the NS Frauenschaft, the female branch of the NSDAP, but as a labour organisation was administered by Ley and his DAF. Women of the Frauenhilfsdienst served the war effort in a domestic manner, for example doing the shopping or tending to the children of other women working as war auxiliaries or in factories.

The membership pin was produced both as a cloth and a metal version. It is black with white script, a white inner and a black outer border, and features a swastika above a life rune.