German SA Wettkampftage der SA-Gruppe Niedersachsen 1936 Silver Tinnie

Nice silvered Tombac metal tinnie with vertical pin fastener. Measures 50mm tall. Unmarked.

The Sturmabteilung (German; SA; lit. ’Storm Division’ or ‘Storm Troopers’) was the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. It played a significant role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in the 1920s and early 1930s. Its primary purposes were providing protection for Nazi rallies and assemblies, disrupting the meetings of opposing parties, fighting against the paramilitary units of the opposing parties, especially the Roter Frontkämpferbund of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and intimidating Romani, trade unionists, and especially Jews.