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Product Description: This NSDAP Amtswalter Sleeve Diamond is a nice example of this desirable piece of insignia for a Nazi Party political leader. This pattern of sleeve shield was worn by NSDAP Political Leaders holding the position of “Amtswalter” (an Administrator, Official or local Party boss). It would have been sewn to the upper left sleeve of the brown political tunic. This patch measures about 80 mm tall by 65 mm wide, and is Bevo style construction in the form of a black rayon diamond, against which is machine woven a 1929 pattern NSDAP eagle and swastika emblem, in silver-grey thread. This patch is crisp, with only slight toning, and shows no stitch holes or any other sign of having been worn. The reverse of this NSDAP Amtswalter Sleeve Diamond shows the textbook original tan buckram backing, which is marked in pen with the letters “PGB.” There is some old adhesive residue as well. The folded edges of the rayon show no fraying. This sleeve diamond displays very well, and is in excellent condition.
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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