Third Reich National Day Of Labour Badge 1934
Third Reich National Day Of Labour Badge 1934
Third Reich National Day Of Labour Badge 1934
Third Reich National Day Of Labour Badge 1934, reverse image

Third Reich National Day Of Labour Badge 1934

A Third Reich National Day Of Labour Badge 1934, constructed disc in brass.   The obverse of the day badge depicts a man’s bust with the inscription above  “Tag Der Arbeit” (Day of Labour ” with a tack hammer below to the left and a sickle to the right, partially behind the National eagle’s outstretched wings, clutching a canted swastika in its talons flanked with the date “1934”, below the right of the right-wing is the initials “RK”.   The reverse has a horizontal pinback with the maker marked “Reichsverband, Pforzheim, 47” on the reverse; measuring 35 mm in diameter; in overall good condition.

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Third Reich Day Badges

In order to honour labourers and the working classes, the NSDAP proclaimed May 1 to be the “Day of National Work” as an official state holiday. Day badges were first distributed in 1933. The Nazis celebrated May Day, a holiday observed by organised labour, on May 1, 1933, in honour of German workers in an effort to win over the working class.

The Nazis celebrated May Day, a holiday observed by organised labour, on May 1, 1933, in honour of German workers in an effort to win over their support. Germany must respect its workers, the Nazis insisted. In Völkischer Beobachter, Hitler stated, “I only accept one nobility—that of labour.” Hitler frequently extolled the benefits of labour. The dictatorship thought that winning the workers’ support for the German government was the only way to prevent a repeat of the catastrophe of 1918. In the hopes of reducing enmity between workers and burghers, the dictatorship also demanded through propaganda that all Germans participate in May Day celebrations. .

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