Gau München Badge

Product Description: This Gau München Badge is a choice example of this desirable political award, in outstanding condition. It is made of Tombak, and retains virtually all of the beautiful, high quality, original bronze finish. The obverse shows no wear, and only a couple of extremely tiny surface spots from age. The oak leaf wreath shows exquisite detail. The reverse of this Gau München Badge also shows full original finish, and is nicely maker marked with “Deschler & Sohn München” in raised lettering behind the wreath. The brass alloy pin is soldered directly to the badge, behind the swastika. The pin assembly is functional and unrepaired. This appealing badge displays exceptionally well, and remains in near mint condition. It would be very hard to upgrade.

Historical Description: The Nazi Party was organized geographically into districts. Below the national “Reich” level were the “Gau” districts. They were the Nazi era administrative equivalent of traditional German states. The leadership of each Gau was authorized to award special badges, to recognize a variety of achievements in the political realm. The exact requirements for each award were determined by the leader of each Gau and could range from outstanding service to the local political organization, to long service to the Party, or participation in important historic events during the Party’s time of struggle before 1933. Some Gau badges were issued in several grades to recognize different levels of experience or achievement. These badges were worn on military, and civilian, uniforms and were a mark of honor for the Nazi political elite. Twelve different Gau Honor Badges were designed for the 33 (later 43) Gau districts of Nazi Germany. They were carefully designed with impressive designs to denote the high levels of achievement for which they were awarded, and the quality of these badges is generally extremely high. These were awarded in limited numbers, and as a result, none of the Gau Honor Badge types are commonly encountered today.

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