Membership cards

Deutschnationaler Krankenkasse (c. early 1900s)
Membershipcard for the subsidary benefit society of the Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband.

Reichshammerbund (1912 – 1919)
Extremely rare membership card of the Reichshammerbund, an pioneering Völkisch and antisemitic organization founded by Theodor Fritch. The battle sign of the group was the swastika, making the Bund one of the first Völkisch movements to use the symbol. It was merged with the Deutschvölkischer Schutz -und Trutzbund in 1919.

Bayrische Volkspartei (1918 – 1933)
Membership card for the conservative Bavarian Peoples Party. The party was the force behind Gustav Ritter von Kahr, state commissioner in Bavaria during the early 1920s. It was disbanded and outlawed shortly after the seizure of power in 1933.

Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband (1919)
Membershipcard for apprentices in the DHV, German-nationalist Clerks Union, a nationalist, völkisch and antisemitic trade union operating in Germany from 1893 to 1933.