Original German NSDAP Party Miniature Enamel Membership Badge Pin by Hoffstätter – Bonn Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice German NSDAP (NSDAP) Party Miniature Enamel pin, nicely maker marked on the reverse: HOFFSTÄTTER – BONN / GES. GESCH.. This indicates manufacture by Ferdinand Hoffstätter in Bonn am Rhein, and that the design was Gesetzlich Geschützt (Protected By Law), or trademarked.

This is quality enamel construction in red, white and black on silver, excellent quality with superb detail. These pins in regular size were standard issue membership badge awarded to all personnel on acceptance as an official party member, miniature versions are far more rare and were typically for formal evening wear and official formal functions. Badge features a translucent red, circular outer border with embossed silvered script, “National-Sozialistiche-D.A.P.”, encompassing a white enamel field with canted black enamel swas. Overall very good condition with functional pin back.

The NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), was originally founded in Munich as the DAP, Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (German Worker’s Party), on January 5TH 1919. When Adolf AH joined the DAP in the autumn of 1919 he was to reform what was basically a debating society into an active political party. Appointed as the first chairman of the party on July 29TH 1921 AH was to restructure it along para-military lines in a hierarchy of four levels of government. Of Note: In late 1934 items manufactured for the NSKK, including membership pins, came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate.