NSDAP Membership (Party) Badge RZM M1/148

NSDAP Membership (Party) Badge RZM M1/148 (Parteiabzeichen).

The NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker's Party), was originally founded in Munich as the DAP, Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (German Worker's Party), on January 5th 1919. When Adolf Hitler joined the DAP in the autumn of 1919 he was to reform what was basically a debating society into an active political party. Appointed as the first chairman of the party on July 29th 1921 Hitler was to restructure it along para-military lines in a hierarchy of four levels of government.
In late 1934 items manufactured for the NSDAP, including membership pins, came under the quality control of the RZM - Reichzeugmeisterei (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate.Party Badge these were available for private purchase , given to individuals after they had joined the NSDAP.

It is constructed out of a zinc base painted with red, white and black varnish.The round shaped obverse depicts a black mobile swastika on a white backing, encircled by:" NATIONAL-SOZIALISTISCHE - D.A.P."
The reverse shows a soldered on round plate that holds a horizontally placed tombak pin that remains in well working condition.
The back is also marked maker (Hersteller):" RZM M1/148" Maker: Heinrich Ulbrichts Witwe, Wien.
The varnish is still in good condition, almost completely present.

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