The Deutscher Tag events were nationalist gatherings in interwar Germany aimed to consolidate the right-wing and völkisch paramilitaries. The most famous held in Coburg in 1922, and in Nürnberg 1923, but it was not the only ones. Later on the NSDAP started to use the term for events as well.
Deutscher Tag in Eisenach (Wartburg Stadt) – RRRR The first Deutscher Tag event was hosted in Eisenach 5 October 1913. Attending were many of the later leading figures of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund. There is no record of any other Deutscher Tag events held in Eisenach, but this badge could naturally not have been the one handed out in 1913, much because of the Stahlhelm symbol on the top, as the type of helmet was not even invented in 1913, but later during the war. This could therefore be a sort of commemorative badge issued later, or an unknown event. The lack of dates/year could indicate it was a commemorative badge.
Deutscher Tag in Nürnberg 1923 – RRRR The first really big gathering of the Bavarian nationalist organizations. The event was originally thought to have been a commemorative event for the victory in the Battle of Sedan 1871, but rather escalated to a putschist rally. It became a springboard for the Beer Hall Putsch with the Deutscher Kampfbund being formed during the event, and in the same time became the blueprint for the later NSDAP Reichsparteitag events, with one exception, all held in Nürnberg too.
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