3rd Reich NSDAP and State Organizations Badge Guide

This is an identification guide for the different types of Badges awarded by the NSDAP and the German State Organizations from 1933 until 1945. Included are Party/Gau Badges and Clasps approved for wear on official uniforms. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are of original authentic items of the period. This guide is for identification only. To correctly authenticate an item, it's size, weight, composition, and construction details must be examined. If anyone has questions or suggestions, please contact Vern@GermanDaggers.com.

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Party Membership Badges


NSDAP Membership Badge	NSDAP Membership Badge - late war, painted
Large Golden Party Badge	Small Golden Party Badge

Party Youth Badges


Hitler Youth Membership Badge - 1931-1933	Hitler Youth Membership Badge
Hitler Youth Honor Badge	Hitler Youth Honor Badge with Oakleaves
German Youth Membership Badge	HJ Golden Leader's Sports Badge
Silver HJ Proficiency Badge	Bronze HJ Proficiency Badge
Iron HJ Proficiency Badge	DJ Proficiency Badge
BDM Proficiency Clasp	JM Proficiency Clasp
HJ Master Shooter Badge	HJ Sharpshooter Badge
HJ Marksman Badge	DJ Shooting Award
HJ Expert Skier Badge	HJ High Command Decoration for Distinguished Foreigners
National Trade Competition Victor's Badge - 1937	National Trade Competition Victor's Badge - National Level - 1938/39
National Trade Competition Victor's Badge - State Level - 1938/39	National Trade Competition Victor's Badge - Local Level - 1938/39
National Trade Competition Victor's Badge - National Level - 1944	National Trade Competition Victor's Badge - State Level - 1944

Party Airsport Badges


DLV Member Badge	NSFK Member Badge
DLV Balloonist Badge - 2nd pattern	NSFK Free Balloon Pilots Badge - 2nd pattern
NSFK Free Powered Aircraft Pilots Badge - 2nd pattern	NSFK Free Powered Aircraft Pilots Badge - 3rd pattern
NSFK Civil Gliding Proficiency Badge - A Certificate	NSFK Civil Gliding Proficiency Badge - B Certificate
NSFK Civil Gliding Proficiency Badge - C Certificate	NSFK Large Glider Pilots Badge
NSFK Model Proficiency Badge - Gold	NSFK Model Proficiency Badge - Bronze
Lufthansa Civil Pilot's Badge	Lufthansa Civil Radio Operator's Badge

Official Gau/Party Day Badges


German Day in Coburg	Nurmberg Party Day
SA Rally at Brunswick	Frontbann Badge
Gau Commemorative Badge for Sachsen, Bayerische Ostmark, Halle-Merseburg, Hessen, Magdeburg, Mecklenberg, and Lubeck	Gau Berlin Commemorative Badge
Gau Essen Commemorative Badge	Gau Thuringen Commemorative Badge
Gau Baden Commemorative Badge	Gau East Hanover Commemorative Badge
Gau Danzig Commemorative Badge	Gau East Prussia Commemorative Badge
Gau Sudetenland Commemorative Badge	Gau Warthe Commemorative Badge
Gau Potsdam Commemorative Badge	Gau Bavaria Commemorative Badge

Party Sports Badges


Gold DRA Sports Badge - awarded to late 1934	Silver DRA Sports Badge - awarded to late 1934
Bronze DRA Sports Badge - awarded to late 1934	Gold DRL Sports Badge - awarded after late 1934
Silver DRL Sports Badge - awarded after late 1934	Bronze DRL Sports Badge - awarded after late 1934
DRL Sports Badge for wounded veterans - awarded after late 1934	Gold SA Sports Badge
Silver SA Sports Badge	Bronze SA Sports Badge
Gold SA Sports Badge for wounded veterans	Silver SA Sports Badge for wounded veterans
Bronze SA Sports Badge for wounded veterans	Gold DRL Heavy Athletics Badge
Silver DRL Heavy Athletics Badge	Bronze DRL Heavy Athletics Badge
Gold German Motorsport Badge	Silver German Motorsport Badge
Bronze German Motorsport Badge	NSDAP Pilot Badge

National Hunting Association Badges


Deutschen Jägerschaft Hunt Supervisor Badge	Deutschen Jägerschaft Membership Badge

National Equestrian Badges


Gold Horseman's Badge	Silver Horseman's Badge
Bronze Horseman's Badge	Gold Horse Driver's Badge
Silver Horse Driver's Badge	Bronze Horse Driver's Badge
Silver Young Horseman's Badge	Bronze Young Horseman's Badge
Expert Horseman's Badge	Gold Care of Horses Badge
Silver Care of Horses Badge	Bronze Care of Horses Badge

The German Automobile Club


DDAC Member's Stickpin	Stickpin Awarded to Non-members for participation in DDAC Events Various Dates from 1934 to 1941
DDAC Automobile Grille Badge	DDAC Automobile Grille Badge
DDAC Automobile Grille Badge	DDAC Long Service Automobile Grille Badge
DDAC Autobahn Medical Service Badge	DDAC Autobahn Medical Service Grille Badge
DDAC Autobahn Medical Service Badge Background color identifies one of the 4 Autobahn distrists

Women's Labor Organization Badges


NSDAP Frauenschaft Member 1931-	NSDAP Frauenschaft Member 1934-1938
NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader - Reich Level 1934-1938	NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader - Gau Level 1934-1938
NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader - Kries Level 1934-1938	NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader's Staff - Kries Level 1934-1938
NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader - Orts Level 1934-1938	NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader's Staff - Orts Level 1934-1938
NSDAP Frauenschaft Member 1938-1945	Frauenschaft (non-NSDAP) Member 1938-1945
NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader - Reich Level 1938-1945	NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader - Gau Level 1938-1945
NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader - Kries Level 1938-1945	NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader's Staff - Kries Level 1938-1945
NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader - Orts Level 1938-1945	NSDAP Frauenschaft Leader's Staff - Orts Level 1938-1945
DAF Member 1933-1945	DAF Leader - Reich Level 1933-1945
DAF Leader - Gau Level 1933-1945	DAF Leader's Staff - Gau Level 1933-1945
DAF Leader - Kries Level 1933-1945	DAF Leader's Staff - Kries Level 1933-1945
DAF Leader - Orts Level 1933-1945	DAF Leader's Staff - Orts Level 1933-1945
RADwJ - Gold Service Award 1st Pattern - 1935-1937	RADwJ - Silver Service Award 1st Pattern - 1935-1937
RADwJ - Bronze Service Award 1st Pattern - 1935-1937	RADwJ - Iron Service Award 1st Pattern - 1935-1937
RADwJ - Gold Service Award 2nd Pattern - 1937-1939	RADwJ - Silver Service Award 2nd Pattern - 1937-1939
RADwJ - Bronze Service Award 2nd Pattern - 1937-1939	RADwJ - Iron Service Award 2nd Pattern - 1937-1939
RADwJ Rank Badge - Stabshauptfuhrerin 1939-1945	RADwJ Rank Badge - Stabsoberfuhrerin 1939-1945
RADwJ Rank Badge - Stabsfuhrerin 1939-1945	RADwJ Rank Badge - Maidenhauptfuhrerin 1939-1945
RADwJ Rank Badge - Maidenoberfuhrerin 1939-1945	RADwJ Rank Badge - Unknown Rank 1939-1945
RADwJ Rank Badge - Maidenfuhrerin 1939-1945	RADwJ Rank Badge - Maidenunterfuhrerin 1939-1945
RADwJ Rank Badge - Jungfuhrerin 1939-1945	RADwJ Rank Badge - Unknown Rank 1939-1945
RADwJ Rank Badge - Kameradschaftsalteste 1939-1945	RADwJ Rank Badge - Arbeitsmaid 1939-1945
RADwJ Service Commemoration Badge - Gold 1939-1945	RADwJ Service Commemoration Badge - Silver 1939-1945
RADwJ Service Commemoration Badge - Bronze 1939-1945	RADwJ Service Commemoration Badge - Iron 1939-1945
RADwJ War Volunteer Service Badge - Silver 1941-1945	RADwJ War Volunteer Service Badge - Bronze 1941-1945

Police Expert Badges


Police Alpine Expert Badge 7 Awarded	Police Expert Skier Badge Less than 100 Awarded

German Red Cross Badges


DRK Sister Active Membership Badge 1st Pattern	DRK Sister Active Membership Badge 2nd Pattern
DRK Sister Active Membership Badge 3rd Pattern	DRK Sister Active Membership Badge Student's Badge
DRK Senior Helper's Badge	DRK Helper's Badge
DRK Beginner Helper's Badge	DRK Volunteer's Badge
DRK Badge of Honor Pinback and stickpin versions	NSV Senior Helper Badge 1st Pattern
NSV Helper Badge 1st Pattern	NSV Helper Badge 2nd Pattern
Honor Badge of the German Midwifery Association 1922-1937	Honor Badge of the German Midwifery Association 1937-1945

Veteran's Welfare Organization Badges


NSKOV Membership Badge	NSKOV Membership Cap Badge
NSKOV Honor Badge - Orts Level	NSKOV Gold Honor Badge with Oakleaves - Orts Level
NSKOV Honor Badge - Kries Level	NSKOV Silver Honor Badge with Oakleaves - Kries Level
NSKOV Gold Honor Badge with Oakleaves - Kries Level	NSKOV Honor Badge - Gau Level
NSKOV Gold Honor Badge with Oakleaves - Gau Level	NSKOV Honor Badge - Reich Level

Veteran's Organization Badges


Kyffhäuserbund Membership Pin - 1924-1929	Kyffhäuserbund Membership Pin - 1929-1935
Kyffhäuserbund Membership Pin - 1935-1938	Kyffhäuserbund Membership Pin - 1938-1943
25 Year Service Babge - 1935-1937	25 Year Service Babge - 1937-1938
25 Year Service Babge - 1938-1943	40 Year Service Babge - 1940-1943
50 Year Service Babge - 1935-1937	50 Year Service Babge - 1937-1938
50 Year Service Babge - 1938-1943	Shooting Award Pin - Early (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
Shooting Award Pin - Mid-period (Bronze, Silver, Gold)	Shooting Award Badge - Mid-period
Shooting Award Pin - Late (Bronze, Silver, Gold)	Shooting Award Pin - Dated 1937-1941
Kyffhäuserbund Silver Honor Badge	Kyffhäuserbund Gold Honor Badge