Original WWII German REICHSBAHN RAILWAY CONDUCTOR’S SLEEVE BADGE. (Sparten und Fachabzeichen) Certified

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Original WWII German REICHSBAHN RAILWAY CONDUCTOR’S SLEEVE BADGE. (Sparten und Fachabzeichen) Certified. When the Nazi Party gained power in January of 1933, the German railway system was maintained and administered by two civilian organizations, the DR, “Deutsches Reichsbahn” (German National-railway), and the DR-G, “Deutsches Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft” (German National-railway – Corporation), which were each overseen by the national government. Both the DR and the DR-G were uniformed organizations responsible for all the railways within Greater Germany, and eventually in the occupied areas. In February of 1937, in a restructuring of the national railways, the DR-G was absorbed into the DR. The uniforms and insignia of DR personnel were modified numerous times during the Third Reich, although, as a civilian organization, they were not graded with ranks but were assigned positions as officials. A 60mm diameter trade badge with machine embroidered golden-yellow wheel with wings extending horizontally from either side of it. This badge would have been worn by a “Zugschaffner” (Train-conductor), “Oberzugschaffner” (Senior-train-conductor), “Zugführer” (Train-guard), “Oberzügführer” Senior-train-guard), “Fahrladeschaffner” (Loading-conductor), “Farladeoberschaffner” (Senior-loading-conductor), “Triebwagenschaffner” (Railcar-conductor), or a “Triebwagenoberschaffner” (Senior-railcar-conductor) on the left forearm of their tunic. Nice bring back with expected used U.S. Veteran bring-back condition.   Gettysburg Museum Certified (COA) provided. Rare 100% Guaranteed to be authentic. Sold for historic purposes only. See our other pieces on our web site.    Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. Scarce!