Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands, Berlin collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518982
• English
• 1934-1937
• overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Crowned cross [kronenkreuz] oval pin issued by the Central-Ausschuss fur Innere Mission [Central Committee for Inner Mission] of the Protestant Church in Germany to people who donated to their charity organization, the Inner Mission. The Nazi regime, which governed Germany from 1933-1945, limited the church's fundraising activities to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission]. The mission would collect money on the street and go door to door seeking donations on this day. The pin shows the Kronenkreuz (crowned cross), the official sign of the Inner Mission.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518983
• English
• 1935
• overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Crowned cross [Rosenkreiz] crucifix pin given by the Central-Ausschuss fur Innere Mission [Central Committee for Inner Mission of the Protestant Church of Germany] to people who donated to their charity organization, the Inner Mission. The Nazi regime, which governed Germany from 1933-1945, limited the church's fundraising activities to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission]. The pin shows the Kronenkreuz (crowned cross), the official sign of the Inner Mission.