Nuremberg Party Day Badge

The Nuremberg Party Day Badge (German: Nürnberger Parteitagsabzeichen 1929) was a highly revered political decoration of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). It was established on 15 August 1929 and was the second badge recognized as a national award of the NSDAP.

Also known as the "1929 Nuremberg Party Badge", the badge was awarded to those Nazi Party members who had attended the national Nazi Party rally in the city of Nuremberg.[1] After the founding of Nazi Germany, the Nuremberg Party Day Badge took on a symbol of the "Old Guard" and was frequently displayed by high-ranking leaders, including Adolf Hitler (who normally did not wear an excess of Nazi awards) at subsequent Nuremberg rallies.

The badge was to be worn on the left breast side of a uniform.[1] It measured 21mm wide by 48mm high; it showed the Nuremberg Castle at the top with the word "Nürnberg" under it. An eagle sitting on top of a helmet was in the center with the inscription "1914-1919 NSDAP Parteitag" around it.[1]

In November 1936, Hitler gave new "orders" for the "Orders and Awards" of the Third Reich. The top NSDAP awards are listed in this order: 1. Coburg Badge; 2. Nürnberg Party Badge of 1929; 3. SA Treffen at Brunswick 1931; 4. Golden Party Badge; 5. The Blood Order; followed by the Gau badges and the Golden HJ Badge.[2][3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Angolia 1989, p. 199.
  2. ↑ Angolia 1989, p. 197.
  3. ↑ Dombrowski, Hanns (1940), Orders, Ehrenzeichen und Titel.

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