May 13May 13 #1 Recently acquired this enameled type, basic NSDAP party member badge. Bought from VDG militaria. I believe it's an early RZM Marked badge. It's marked with an RZM stamp and number "42". As I understand the rzm code m1/42 would indicate it was made by the company Kerbach & Israel, of Dresden,( a company that would later change it's name to remove the "Israel" part for obvious reasons) However this badge only has a "42", no "M/1" like I've seen on other badges. This makes me wonder if it was made just after the RZM system was set up in 1934, so everything wasn't completely standardized yet. Did the M/# prefix come later? The badge came with its pin coated in old dried glue and ripped paper. As if the bagde was removed from a scrapbook album or something. I removed the old glue with a hobby knife. Similar, later? M1/42 enameled badge. I see more badges marked like this.
May 15May 15 Author #2 I've read that it took until 1936 to get the RZM system up to full operation. So I Imagine this was in that timeframe
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