Nazi Party pin for Labor Day 1935

Object | Accession Number: 1993.160.3

Overview

Brief Narrative: Nazi Party Labor Day (Tag der Arbeit) 1935 pin. Labor Day (also known as May Day) takes place on May 1 to celebrate laborers and the working classes. In April 1933, after the Nazi party took control of the German government, May 1 was appropriated as the “Day of National Work,” with all celebrations organized by the government. On May 2, the Nazi party banned all independent trade-unions, bringing them under state control of the German Labor Front. This style of mass-produced, die-struck metal pin is often referred to colloquially as a tinnie.
Date: commemoration: 1935 May 01
issue: 1935
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leo Weissman
Markings: front, top, embossed : TAG DER ARBEIT [LABOR DAY]
front, bottom center, embossed : 1935
front, center, embossed : R. HAUSCHILD / PFORZHEIM

Language: German
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Badges
Object Type: Lapel pins (aat)
Genre/Form: Badges.
Physical Description: Oval-shaped, silver-colored, die-struck, metal pin with a raised depicting three men below a band of German text. The man on left rests a large hammer on his shoulder, while the man in center holds a scroll and the man on right cradles a sheaf of wheat. Just below them is a Parteiadler, a stylized eagle with its head turned to the right, holding in its claws a wreath with a swastika in its center. The embossed year flanks the eagle's claws, and the wreath extends below edge of oval. A pin clasp is attached to the back center by a raised metal guide, and there is a maker's mark below it. The pin may be made from an aluminum alloy with a silver-washed surface.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
Materials: overall : metal

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The lapel pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Leo Weissman.