$1,450.00
Condition: Excellent
In stock
Product Description:
An imposing and historically significant Early NSDAP Pole Top Eagle, this Type 1 variant represents an early period of manufacture and is executed in nickel-plated brass. The piece retains strong visual presence while remaining firmly within the realm of documentary historical material. Its surfaces display an even, honest patina consistent with age, including areas of scattered freckling and corrosion that attest to its period use. This pole topper retains its original collar for attaching to pole showing minor denting and wear to the decorative disc above.
The central motif preserves approximately 75% of its original black enamel on both sides, offering a clear view of its early production characteristics. The underside is threaded for attachment to a staff or pole, as intended when produced. Overall, this pole top survives in commendably stable condition for its age, providing collectors and institutions with a well-preserved example suitable for study within the broader context of early 20th-century political history.
Historical Description: Adolf Hitler was an army veteran in 1919. Frustrated by Germany’s defeat in World War I, he joined a new political organization called the German Workers’ Party. The organization was founded earlier that same year and promoted German nationalism. Members of this organization felt that the Treaty of Versailles was extremely unjust to Germany, by burdening it with reparations it could never pay. Hitler became the leader of this party in 1921 and changed the name to The National Socialist German Workers’ Party; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP). In 1933, Hitler became chancellor of Germany and his Nazi government soon assumed dictatorial powers. After Germany’s defeat in World War II the Nazi party was outlawed.
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