Gold SA Sports Badge – REDO

Product Description: This Gold SA Sports Badge or SA-Defense Badge by REDO is an honest original piece, showing very little wear and aging. This badge was produced from 1939-1944 and is a type 1.  The original gold finish is nearly perfect except for two very small little nicks on the front. The obverse all of original detail is present and is truly lovely. It’s well marked, Eigentum D. Obersten SA-Führung (Property of the SA Supreme Command), as well as the name of the maker, the firm of Werner Redo Saarlautern. 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 is the first time that we have had the chance to offer a Gold SA Sports Badge in excellent++/Near Mint condition.

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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