Most good stories start with a badge, and this story is no exception. My interest in Josef Fuess, the man behind the very first NSDAP badges started a few years ago when I was able to obtain an rather interesting SA-badge made in silver. Together with the badge came a digitally scanned archive photograph depicting an identical twin SA badge and some other interesting badges.
Josef Fuess was born in Pforzheim in the province of Baden-Württemberg, after finishing school he attended the goldsmith school in his native city of Pforzheim. After finishing the goldsmiths school, he did his so called travel years as a goldsmith apprentice, traveling as far as Ghent, Belgium. Working in several workshops before opening his own in 1910 at Blümenstraße 5 in München.…
