Woman’s League of the German Colonial Society (Hü 9210 a). This oval shaped badge has a toned silver finish with blue enamel. On safety pin. Maker’s mark “Rob.Neff Berlin W.59” on pin plate.

The Women's League of the German Colonial Society (FDKG), founded in 1907, was affiliated with the German Colonial Society in 1908. According to the statutes, his task was to “maintain the German family spirit and German way” in the German colonies. The President of the Colonial Society assigned the FDKG the task of examining the support of female assistants when moving to German Southwest Africa. A key motive was to increase the proportion of German women in the colonies to avoid mixed marriages and mixed-race children of German colonialists and African women.

Unmarried women who were deemed suitable received reimbursement or a reduced rate for passage on the ship from funds provided by the colonial society. A homestead was opened in Keetmanshoop, where the women spent the first time after their arrival and where they were prepared for life as a settler's wife. In addition, the acquaintance with farmers living alone was arranged. Therefore, the location was deliberately in an area with few German women. The FDKG also ran a youth center in Lüderitzbucht. In 1914, the FDKG had placed more than 18,600 members and 122 women in the Heimathaus throughout Germany. The first chairman of the FDKG was Adda von Liliencron, followed by Freifrau von Richthofen and Hedwig Heyl. In the interwar period, Hedwig von Bredow held the chair, who continued to seek contact with German settlers. In 1936, the FDKG was incorporated into the Reichskolonialbund. Since 1913, the seat of the FDKG was the Berlin Africa House in the street Am Karlsbad near Potsdamer Platz, where the German Colonial Society also had its seat.