S011595 57TH SS REGIMENT SPORT SHOOTING EVENT COMMEMORATIVE BADGE. (Sportschieß Gedächtnis Abzeichen)

BACKGROUND: The Allgemeine SS, (General SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler (Shock Troops), and redesignated Schutzstaffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS was rewarded by Hitler by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party). From its inception the SS began an aggressive policy of expansion which resulted in the formation of the SS SD, SS Sicherheitsdienst und Sicherheitspolizei, (SS Security Service and Security Police), in June 1931, the SS VT, SS Verfügungstruppe, (SS Special Purpose Troops), the SS TV, SS Totenkopfverbände, (SS Death’s Head Units), in March 1933 and eventually the Waffen SS in December 1939. Like other NSDAP, organizations the SS held numerous assorted rallies and events and usually distributed commemorative badges to participants and/or sold them to spectators as a fund raiser. Of Note: The assorted rallies were generally held as a show of strength and solidarity while the assorted events were usually sports competitions that were thinly veiled para military exercises.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Die stamped, alloy construction, circular, commemorative sports shooting event badge with a silver wash. The badge features an embossed, circular target, a shield with SS runes and two oak leaves and an acorn superimposed on a central, triple towered castle encompassed by embossed script, "Sportschieß Wettbewerb der 57. SS Standarte in Schmalkalden Thür.", (Sport Shooting Competition of the 57TH SS Regiment in Schmalkalden Thüringen). The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse and has a soldered, horizontal, pin back device on a circular base plate intact. The badge is well marked with the impressed manufacturer’s name and location, "Carl Peter Schmalkalden".

GRADE ****                             PRICE $395.00

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