The meetings during the early years of the party were very important for many reasons, some of the events played a major role in the future to come, some did not. However, most of these badges tell us a big portion of history of these early years. Some of the badges shown here are not showcased anywhere else on the entire internet. Apart from the German NSDAP, this page also includes badges from the Austrian and Czech sister parties.
Deutscher Tag in Nürnberg, 1 – 2 September 1923 – RRRR While not at all a Reichsparteitag event, the event is seen as the blueprint for the later rallies, which, with exception of Weimar 1926, was all held in Nürnberg. The NSDAP did have a big presence on the German Day in Nürnberg, making it one of the most important meetings in the early 1920s for the party. It also became somewhat of a rehearsal for the Beer Hall Putsch, that happened just a few months later. This badge was very likely the very first meeting badge ever awarded to NSDAP members.
Reichsparteitag in Weimar, 3 – 4 July 1926 – RRRRR The first Reichsparteitag gathering of the NSDAP after the ban on the party was lifted. Due to the bad economy of the party, the badge was made from cheap cardboard. As of today, only about five or six surviving examples are known to collectors, making it one of the rarest items from the NSDAP in existence. It was also the first Reichsparteitag badge made by the NSDAP, but not the first meeting badge, as the only known earlier one was minted in 1925 for a local event. And even one made in 1924 for an NSFP event, also held in Weimar.
Reichsparteitag in Nürnberg, 19 –21 August 1927 – RRRRR The following year another Reichsparteitag was held, now in the Franconian city of Nürnberg. From this year onwards, all the Reichsparteitag events would be held in Nürnberg without exception. While period depicted naked, yet also, sometimes with a purple cloth floral backing, the so called Echeverias , or ‘Perle von Nürnberg’, the pearl of Nürnberg.
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