RARE! Original German SA (Brown Shirts) 1939 SA GRUPPE HOCHLAND WETTKAMPFE Sports Badge Certified

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RARE! Original German SA (Brown Shirts) 1939 SA GRUPPE HOCHLAND WETTKAMPFE Sports Badge Certified. The SA, “Sturmabteilung” (Storm-troops), were originally formed in August of 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling Nazi Party. As with the NSDAP, “Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei” (National-socialist German Worker’s-party), the SA was structured along para-military lines. Most of its recruits were from the ranks of the various “Freikorps” groups of the day, composed mainly of disgruntled ex-soldiers, and they were first utilized at a Nazi party meeting in Munich in November of 1921.  50mm diameter, cast alloy badge with bronze wash. The badge depicts an SA dagger with an SA insignia, superimposed on an edelweiss flower, surrounded the embossed text, “SA-Gruppe Hochland SA-Gruppen Wettkampfe 1939”. Nice example.  100% Guaranteed to be authentic Complete Museum documentation (COA) Provided. Certified by The Gettysburg Museum of History. The Gettysburg Museum of History does not support or condone Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party and is only offering this as a historic relic. Please see our other items. Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. Very Nice!  RARE!