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Militaria Autumn Auction 2022
Lot 296:
NSDAP Membership Party Badge RZM M1/105
The NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), was originally founded in Munich as the DAP, Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (German Worker’s Party), on January 5th 1919. When Adolf Hitler joined the DAP in the autumn of 1919 he was to reform what was basically a debating society into an active political party. Appointed as the first chairman of the party on July 29th 1921 Hitler was to restructure it along para-military lines in a hierarchy of four levels of government.
In late 1934 items manufactured for the NSDAP, including membership pins, came under the quality control of the RZM – Reichzeugmeisterei (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate.Party Badge these were available for private purchase , given to individuals after they had joined the NSDAP.
Die struck zinc and painted NSDAP member’s badge. The badge features a red outer border, edged in silver, with the silver script, “
National-Sozialistische-D.A.P.” encompassing a white field with a black mobile swastika, also edged in silver.
To the reverse a functioning pin back devise.
RZM marked With maker code
M1/105 for maker
Hermann Aurich, Dresden
Material: zinc base
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 3,90 g
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Condition: As in the attached photos.
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