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Nazi Party pin for Labor Day 1934 found by Zaro Calabrese

Object | Accession Number: 1995.124.3
1994.124.3 front Nazi Party pin for Labor Day 1934 found by Zaro Calabrese Click to enlarge

Nazi Party Labor Day (Tag der Arbeit) 1934 pin obtained during Zaro Calabrese's service in Europe in WWII (1939-1945). 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, cast metal pin is often referred to colloquially as a tinnie.

Date
issue:  1934
acquired:  1944-1945
commemoration:  1934 May 01
Geography
manufacture: Pforzheim (Germany)
Language
German
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Badges
Object Type
Lapel pins (aat)
Genre/Form
Badges.
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zaro Calabrese

About This Object

Physical Description
Circular, bronze-colored, metal pin with an embossed design. The top center has a head of a man flanked by a hammer on the left and a sickle on the right. Below the head 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. German text is around the border above the hammer and the sickle, with numbers at the bottom split by the wreath. A safety-pin style clasp is soldered to the back. The pin may be made from a bronze alloy known as tombac, a mixture of copper and zinc.
Dimensions
overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
Materials
overall : metal
Markings
front, top, embossed : TAG DER ARBEIT [LABOR DAY]
front, bottom center, embossed : 1934 / RK
back, bottom, embossed : REICHSVERBAND PFORZHEIM No 21
Contributor
Subject: Zaro Calabrese
Designer: Richard Klein
Biography
Rosario "Zaro" Calabrese served as a member of the 3rd US Cavalry Group, which was attached to the 4th Armored Division of the US Army. The 4th Division landed at Utah Beach in Normandy on July 11, 1944 and entered combat in France. They played a significant role in the breakout from the Normandy beachhead and the liberation of France in 1944, and then fought their way through Germany. On April 4, 1945, they liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald, the first concentration camp to be liberated by American troops. General Eisenhower visited the camp on April 12. When Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, the Division was in Czechoslovakia. The 4th was placed on occupation duty until inactivated on April 26, 1946. Zaro settled in New Jersey.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The lapel pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Zaro Calabrese in 1995.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2023-11-17 10:07:11
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German civilian war service medallion

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German civilian war service medallion

German civilian war service medallion

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