GERMAN WWII CONCENTRATION CAMP BADGE

GERMAN WWII CONCENTRATION CAMP BADGE, PEENEMUNDE FACTORY
Presented is an Extremely Rare WWII Nazi German Third Reich Luftwaffe Peenemunde West V-2 factory employee concentration camp metal badge. The badge features an engraved eagle swastika insignia, adorned with blue and yellow enamel shades, and inscribed along the edges. It is numbered 153, positioned towards the upper center. Aluminum.
HALLMARKS: Marked with 'H. Aurich, Dresden, Ges, Gesch' marks on the backside.
CONDITION: The item is in very good, used condition. For additional information, please refer to the pictures.
PROVENANCE: 1. From private old collection, New York, USA, 1955-2021; 2. Antique Arena Inc, December 23, 2023, Brooklyn, NY, USA (the winner will receive this information); 3. Our sale of this item adds another layer of provenance. History of sale is very IMPORTANT for serious collection.
DIMENSIONS: 42 x 40 mm (1 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches). Weight: 6 grams.
ESTIMATED PRICE: $200 - $1,000 (significantly lower than today's market price).
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago German WWII badges from concentration camps and Ghettos were sold on Live Auctioneers for $225 (2 years ago), $250 (2 years ago), $700 (7 years ago), and $1,100 (7 years ago) - please refer to the screenshots for details.
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HISTORY: Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps (German: Konzentrationslager, KZ or KL) throughout the territories it controlled before and during the Second World War. The first Nazi camps were erected in Germany in March 1933 immediately after Hitler became Chancellor and his Nazi Party was given control of the police by Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick and Prussian Acting Interior Minister Hermann Goring. Used to hold and torture political opponents and union organizers, the camps initially held around 45,000 prisoners. Heinrich Himmler's Schutzstaffel (SS) took full control of the police and the concentration camps throughout Germany in 1934-35. Himmler expanded the role of the camps to hold so-called "racially undesirable elements", such as Jews, Romanis, Serbs, Poles, disabled people, and criminals. The number of people in the camps, which had fallen to 7,500, grew again to 21,000 by the start of World War II and peaked at 715,000 in January 1945.
Condition Report: Used