NSDAP Golden Party Badge, for Foreigners

SKU: 02.GTR.0402.105.01

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  • country
    Germany
  • date of institution
    October 13, 1933
  • remarks
    Only two are known to have been awarded, the recipients are Horthy and Quisling. This badge doesn't feature an inscription on the obverse.

History


The NSDAP Golden Party Badge was established by Adolf Hitler on October 13th, 1933, and conferred upon all Nazi Party members who had a membership number below 100,000 and an unbroken service record. The Badge denoted early members (Alte Kämpfer) who joined before 1930, as well as those favoured by Hitler. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, many Germans rushed to join the Nazi Party, and these new members were viewed as opportunists by the Old Guard, who had joined for ideological reasons. The standard Nazi party badge was deemed the “Angstbrosche” or “Badge of Fearfulness” by the Old Guards.

Each badge features a membership number on the reverse. The lower the serial number on the reverse, the higher the price of the badge.

The award was also awarded for outstanding service rendered to the party and state. If the Badge was awarded as a decoration, it features the initials “A.H.” on the reverse.

The Gold Badge was an adapted version of the standard red, white and black Party Badge, which featured a golden wreath that encircled the medal. The badge was issued in two different sizes: 30mm to be worn on a uniform, and 25mm to be worn on civilian clothing.

Adolf Hitler wore Golden Party Badge number 1. He would give the badge to Magda Goebbels on April 27th, 1945, three days before he committed suicide.

There are two official manufacturers of the badge, Deschler & Sohn and Joseph Fuess, both companies were based out of Munich.

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  • Composition

    Silver/Gold

  • Inscription

    Rev: Adolf Hitler

  • Size

    23mm

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Parteiabzeichen_Archive commented on Report | Click to reply above
These have been exposed as fantasy badges in the THE PARTY BADGE book. In fact, the last chapter of that book is dedicated to these. The Party Badge book was published in 2013 by B&D Publishing, owned and run by Dietrich Maerz. FACT: eMedals uses Dietrich Maerz to write CoAs for some of their expensive items, like the $112`000 Cross here → https://www.emedals.com/germany-wehrmacht-a-1939-grand-cross-of-the-iron-cross-by-deutsche-goldschmiedekunst-werkstatten eMedals go so far as to include his name into the description! This means that eMedals has a great relationship with B&D publishing, isn’t it? This means that it would be the easiest thing to pick up the blower, and give them a call, let them know that the author of that book has been discredited, isn’t it? I am sure he would want to know so he could write a short article about it in the next IMC magazine. I would, if I published a book by someone under my name, and it was discovering later that the book was not accurate, I would definitely want to know. I would, however, not listen to soymilk-chuggers screaming and claiming, I would of course want to know exactly what part is wrong and why. Good luck with that. This is so sad, it really is, you people here at Medalbook have a great opportunity to do something really good and helpful with this new site. I can't for the life of me understand why you would just want to fill page upon page with nonsense, with stuff that has been debunked and exposed as fake long ago, and exposed in detail.

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