German NSBO (National Socialist Factory Cell Organization) cap badge, c. 1933-1935
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1933-1935
This original die-stamped metal cap badge (Mützenabzeichen) originates from the early Third Reich period in Germany, specifically associated with the Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation (NSBO).
The organization served as the primary trade union movement for the Nazi Party between 1928 and 1935, when it was absorbed into the Deutsche Arbeitsfront. The insignia measures 27.5mm by 31mm and is finished with a silvered tone. Its design utilizes political and industrial symbolism, featuring a hand firmly gripping a hammer topped with a swastika emblem. Adjacent to the hammer is a segment of a broken cogwheel that bears the embossed letters "N S B O".
On the reverse, the piece is equipped with a functional two-prong attachment system accompanied by a metal retainer strip, designed for affixing the badge directly to a military or political cap. The construction reflects standard German manufacturing methods of the early 1930s intended for mass distribution among industrial workers.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- stamped metal
- Dimensions
- 27.5x31mm
Technical characteristics
- Attachment
- two-prong cap attachment
Design
- Obverse
- hand gripping a hammer with a swastika, clutching a broken cogwheel inscribed with NSBO
- Organization
- Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
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