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248:, he declared that his Nazi Party membership was number '7.' During the creation of his personal .750 gold Nazi Party Badge, it was stamped with number '7' and his facsimile signature. In 1970, this very same badge was sold to a prominent German collector. The sale, along with photographs, was documented in
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The Golden Party Badge was the basic Nazi Party Badge with the addition of a gold wreath completely encircling the badge. The badge was awarded in two sizes: 30.5 mm for wear on service uniforms and 24 mm for wear on a suit jacket. In the event of the death of the recipient, the badge would
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There has been, however, an incorrect assumption that
Hitlers Golden Party Badge was numbered '1.' This belief stems from Hitler being re-issued Nazi membership '1' during the reformation of the NSDAP in 1925. Additional claims that his badge number was '1' come from several US militaria websites.
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The Golden Party Badge was also awarded at the discretion of Hitler to certain members of the party who merited special treatment and, on 30 January each year, to persons who had shown outstanding service to the Nazi Party or State. These badges had the initials 'A.H.' and the date of the award on
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article also stated that the badge was stolen in 2005, right before being displayed at the State
Archive of the Russian Federation Museum. The Russians reportedly explained that the guards thought the alarm was activated by a cat and this is why the break in was ignored. Oddly, according to the
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While all three of Adolf Hitler's known, personal Golden Party Badges are stamped with the number '7,' his issued party number was '555.' In the beginning, the founding party members wished to make their membership appear larger, so they issued numbers starting with 500.
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In 2004, Hitler's numbered '7' badge was auctioned by
Hermann Historica, in Munich, Germany. The sale included written, sworn statements of authenticity by two persons very close to Hitler when he was the leader of Nazi Germany. These statements were made by
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members who had, as of 9 November 1933, registered numbers from 1 to 100,000 and had unbroken Party membership. The recipient's party number was inscribed on the reverse of the badge. Only 20,487 men and 1,795 women were awarded the badge on these terms.
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In Linge's sworn statement, he explained that, as the valet responsible for dressing Hitler daily, he was able to verify that the special .750 fine gold, number '7' party badge was worn by Hitler from 1937 until his death in 1945.
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insisted the stolen badge was a copy. No known photographs from the
Russian archives show the reverse of Hitlers party badge as being numbered '1.'
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334:. Hess's degrees were never instituted, but the later German Order retained the Golden Nazi Party Badge as its centerpiece.
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in 2005. The authors of the news article stated that his Golden Party Badge according to
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had explored the possibility of making the Golden Nazi Party Badge the first degree of a multi-degree award of the
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