{"product_id":"pre-wwii-german-nsdap-ortsgruppe-visor-cap-named","title":"Pre WWII German NSDAP Ortsgruppe Visor Cap - Named","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Pre World War Two German NSDAP \u003cem\u003eOrtsgruppenleitung \u003c\/em\u003e(Local Level Leadership) Political Visor Cap; with Getes makers label, original owners name in Sütterlin font, and original RZM tag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe NSDAP or \u003cem\u003eNationalsozialistische Deutsche ArbeiterPartei\u003c\/em\u003e, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), was originally founded in Munich as the DAP, \u003cem\u003eDeutsche Arbeiterpartei\u003c\/em\u003e, (German Worker’s Party), on January 5th 1919. When Adolf Hitler joined in the autumn of 1919 he was to reform what was basically a debating society into an active political party. Appointed as the first chairman of the party on July 29th 1921, AH was to restructure it along para-military lines in a hierarchy. This new NSDAP structure consisted of four ascending levels of government: the \u003cem\u003eOrtsgruppenleitung\u003c\/em\u003e (Local group leadership), the \u003cem\u003eKreisleitung\u003c\/em\u003e (District leadership), the \u003cem\u003eGauleitung\u003c\/em\u003e (Regional District leadership), and the \u003cem\u003eReichsleitung\u003c\/em\u003e (National leadership). Each group was distinguished by a specific color of piping on the collar tabs and visor cap. From 1936 to 1939 in this scheme, light blue was for the \u003cem\u003eOrtsgruppe\u003c\/em\u003e level, black for \u003cem\u003eKreis\u003c\/em\u003e level, burgundy red for \u003cem\u003eGau\u003c\/em\u003e level, and gold yellow for the \u003cem\u003eReich\u003c\/em\u003e level. After that the Kreis level changed to white piping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a 1934 Pattern Adler (Eagle), Tri-Color Swas Cockade, and \u003cspan\u003egold bullion cord \"chinstrap\", attached to the cap. The early pattern shape of this cap is what is known as “Tellerform” which features the saucer like shape of the top. The visor is the thin lacquered style that is seen on earlier political visor caps, including Adolf Hitler’s own cap from the period. Inside is the “Getes” Celluloid Makers Label that also reads W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eetterfest I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emprägniert \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eR.Z.M.Nr. 107. Size 56, and the original owners name written in the old German \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSütterlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003escript or “Sütterlin Font.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eOf historical note: Sütterlinscripts were introduced in Prussia in 1915, and from the 1920s onwards, they began to replace the relatively similar old German handwriting in schools. In 1935, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSütterlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e style officially became the only German script taught in schools. In 1941, the Nazi Party banned all \"broken\" (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003efraktur\u003c\/span\u003e, blackletter) typefaces, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSütterlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e, and replaced them with Italian-style lettering, such as the Antiqua typeface class.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Expedition Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298766061846,"sku":null,"price":1495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/3510\/4278\/files\/5E684668-0C79-43E3-B1DF-1DA4B563653A.jpg?v=1778260840","url":"https:\/\/expeditionantiques.com\/products\/pre-wwii-german-nsdap-ortsgruppe-visor-cap-named","provider":"Expedition Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}