German Tag der Alten Garde 1933 Spandau District Tinnie
$199.97
Die-stamped silvered Tombac badge in very nice condition. This beautiful badge features the NSDAP eagle with a banner motif and a stahlhelm atop a swastika. Large at 55mm tall and very rare to find. Tag der Alten Garde or Badge of the Old Guard. It was available during the Spandau festival celebrating the “Alte Kämpfer” of the district, referring to party members who joined before 1930. Prior to 1930 membership was approx. 800,000 Old Fighters, following the elections of September 1930 the numbers rose to over 6.5 million.
Alter Kämpfer (German for “Old Fighter”; plural: Alte Kämpfer) is a term referring to the earliest members of the Nazi Party, those who joined it before the 1930 German federal election, with many belonging to the party as early as its first foundation in 1919–1923. Those who joined the party after the electoral breakthrough of September 1930 were known to the Alte Kämpfer as Septemberlings, and those who joined the party after the assumption of power on 30 January 1933 were known as the Märzveilchen. As the party’s “Old Guard” and of proven dedication to the movement during its so-called “Period of Struggle” (Kampfzeit) in 1925–1933, they were distinguished from the flood of new members who joined in 1933 and later for opportunistic reasons.
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