Germany, NSDAP. A Golden Party Badge Awarded to Hertha Rauch, by Josef Fuess

(Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP). A well-preserved example of a NSDAP Golden Party Badge, constructed of gilded tombak and multi-coloured enamels. The obverse presents with a central black mobile swastika within a bed of white enamels, with a red enameled edge inscribed “NATIONAL-SOZIALISTISCHE D.A.P.” (“National Socialist German Workers’ Party”). The reverse presents with a horizontal pinback and NSDAP member number “90970” for Hertha Rauch. The badge is maker marked on the reverse with “Jos. Fuess, München”. It measures 24.20 mm in diameter and weighs 7.7 grams. Minor scratching of the enamels is evident, but the badge is in an otherwise extremely fine condition.

Footnote: Hertha Rauch was born on 13 December 1907 and joined the NSDAP on 1 June 1928 as member 90970. When she was awarded the Golden Party Badge 7 September 1935, she was a resident of the Lichtenberg neighbourhood of Berlin and was employed as a hairstylist.