Bronze SA Sports Badge

Product Description: This Bronze SA Sports Badge is an honest original piece, showing some wear and age. The original bronze finish has faded, and the exposed base metal has an old, uncleaned patina. The obverse retains lots of original detail, with wear to the high points. The reverse of this bronze SA Sports Badge has been stamped with the unique serial number 542782, which would have corresponded to the number on the award document at the time it was issued. It’s well marked, with typical SA Property wording, as well as the name of the maker, the firm of E. Schneider in Lüdenscheid. The original reverse hardware setup is intact, functional, and shows no sign of any repair, and features a block hinge and sheet metal pin and catch. This badge has pleasant character and remains in excellent condition overall.

Historical Description: The Sturmabteilung, known by the initials “SA,” were the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. This organization was originally formed in 1921 and played a large role in the Nazi ascendancy and rise to power from the 1920s through 1933. The organization had a system of ranks and was divided into units, in a manner similar to that of the military. As with all of the paramilitary organizations during the Third Reich, the SA wore uniforms and had their own distinctive badges, insignia and regalia. At the time of the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, the SA had two million members. Following the Night of the Long Knives in 1934, and the arrest and eventual murder of SA leader Ernst Rohm, the size and influence of the SA decreased, but it continued to exist until the fall of Nazi Germany in May 1945. During WWII, the SA was involved with pre-military training, with the largest training unit, the SA-Marine, serving as an auxiliary to the German Navy. The SA even attempted to field a combat unit, at first as a Regiment, and eventually, an armored Korps- “Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle.” The vast size of the SA at its height, and the length of time the SA was operational, created a vast range of different items of uniform, equipment, insignia, paperwork, etc., which is very collectible today.

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