Coburger Abzeichen, 1932.

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Hello everybody,

I'm looking for information about the Coburger Abzeichen.

In Max Hans' book, this badge was created by Duke of Coburg Gotha on October, the 14th 1932 to commemorate the Adlf Hitler march of 14-15 october 1922. Only 436 men received this medal, which become on November, the 6th 1936 "Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP".

I want to know if pictures of this badge can be posted (reverse and observe), some close up, box and paper. Thanks for your help.

Do you know where I can find the list of the 436 men who received it?

Christophe

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After doing some research on google. I have found a list of 451 persons who received the Coburg Abzeichen.

here is the list :

Karl Abele

Heinz Ahlborn

Otto Albrecht / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Max Amann / RL u. SS-Obergruppenf?hrer

Hermann Anton

Johann Auer / SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Hermann von Bach zu Hombergk

Michael Baier

Josef Balthasar

Ludwig Barth

Robert Barth

Marta Bartosch / Female Recipient

Hans Batz / SS-Sturmbannf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Hans Bauer

Erich Bauer

Wilhelm Baur / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Johann B?umer / SS-Sturmbannf?hrer

Anton B?urle

Heinrich Bauschen

Franz Bayer

Hans Beck

Otto Bechmann

Paul Behringer

Heinrich Bennecke / SA-Obergruppenf?hrer

Johannes Berenbrock

Ernst Bergdolt

Victor von Berg

Emil Berger

Ernst Bernhard

Wilhelm Biller

Theodor Birkner

Franz Boeser

Guenther Bosse

Manfred B?ttger

Heinz Brall

Karl Brassler

Alois Braun / SS-Sturmbannf?hrer

Luitpold Braun

Rudolf Brehm

Hermann Bremer

Hans Breu

Wilhelm Briemann Sr.

Wilhelm Briemann Jr.

Franz Brunn

Alfons Br?ndl

Walter Buch / RL u. SS-Obergruppenf?hrer

Paul Buchhold

Eduard Buchmann

Richard B?chner

Hans Burger

Heinz Coenen / SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Franz Danner

Kurt Datz

Hans D?hn / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Wilhelm D?ter

Georg Demmel

Benedikt Dietenhauser

Hans Dietrich / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Josef Dippert

Ignaz Dirschl

Gustav Dittner

Josef Doll

Marcell Dollmann

Anton Dorsch

Fritz Dorsch

Anton Dosser

Georg Dosser

Reginald Douglas

Julius Dreschler

Druckenbrod, (First Name Missing)

Heinz D?rr

Alois Duschl

Adolf Eberhart

Josef Eberle

Ernst Eckardt

Hermann Edler

Max Eggerdinger / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Karl Eggers

Leopold Ehrentreich

Johannes Erhardt / SS-Obersturmf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Frau Therese Esslinger / Female Recipient

Karl Eisenbeiss

Fritz Eitel

Richard Etbauer

Hugo von Fabris

Emil Fatsch

Otto Feichtmayr / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Karl Fischer

Otto Fischer

Willy Otto Fl?gel

Heinrich Foerster

Josef Forstmaier

Andreas F?rz

Max Franke

Karl Fritsch / SS-Brigadef?hrer

Franz Fuchs

Simon F?ss / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Erich G?rtner

Otto Gerber

Wilhelm Geromiller

Anton Gerum

Hanns Gierbauer

A. Gierer

Hans Glas

Gustav Gnezel

Walter G?bert

Paul G?bel / SS-Hauptsturmf?hrer

Kurt Gotthans

Ulrich Graf / SS-Brigadef?hrer

Hans Gr?b

Adhemar Gr?se

Karl Grams

Jakob Greinwald

Josef Grepmaier

Fritz Griebel

Jakob Grimminger / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Siegfried Gross / SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Ferdinand Groth / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Ferdinand Gruber

Alois Gurr

Walter Haensch

J.E. Hagedorn

Erhard Hager / SS-Hauptsturmf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Max Hauer

Franz Haumannstetter

Hans Haug

Anton Hauser

Friedrich Hauser

Willi Herr

Frau Maria Heiden / Female Recipient

Adolf Heinle

Adolf Heinlein

Oskar Heines

Walter Heitm?ller

Wilhelm Held

Otto Hellmuth / Gauleiter

Walter Hellvoigt

Karl Henniger

Oskar Herterich

Josef Hilbe

Karl Hilger

Hans Hillen

Hugo Hilz

Willy Himpel

Paul Hirschberg / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Herbert Hochgrassl / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Otto H?chner

Arthur Hofmann

Klaus Hofmann

Paul Hofmann

Albert H?fler

Karl Hofmeister

Friedrich Holzinger

Homburg, (First Name Missing)

Karl H?rmann

Bernhard H?rmann

Anton Huber / SS-Obersturmf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Hans Huber

Josef Huber / SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Gustav Hubschmann / SS-Obersturmf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Paul Hufeisen

Bruno Hurler

Otto Jahn

Richard Jahnke

Alois Jegg

Heinrich Jordan

Philipp Jungwirth

Johannes Jungh?nsel

Fritz Kaiser

Erich Kaufmann

Josef Kaufmann

Karl Kellner

Daniel Kessler

Karl Kessler

Karl Kessler / (There are two Karl Kessler's on the Original List)

Otto Kettenbeil

Karl Artur Kez

Hanns Keifer

Christoph Kind

Georg Kindseder

Heinz Kiessling

E. Klein

Georg Klein

Wilhelm Klemm

August Klett

Hans Klintzsch

Heinrich Klos

Ernst Knauer

Hans Knopf

Heinrich Kolb /SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Eduard Koller

Ernst Kopfmann

Friedrich K?rner

Wilhelm Kranz

Wilhelm Kratz

Hans Kress

Konrad Kress

Hermann Kriegelsteiner

August Kritzm?ller

Anton Kroisz

Wilhelm Kroisi

Hugo Kroll

Otto Kubasch

Ludwig Kuchler

Ernst Kuhn

Adam K?pfer

Friedrich K?pfer

Hans Kuttner

Rudolf Kutzner

Oskar Lahr / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Ludwig Lochermaier

Eugen Lang

Erich Larche / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Toni Lehner

Adolf Lenk

Paul Lenk

Max Karl Lenke

Franz Lenz

Hans Lenz

P.W. Lenz

Alfred Liebermann

Theodor Lindner

Max Link

Hans Link

Georg Linke

Carl L?ffler

Rudolf Lohse / SS-Brigadef?hrer

Anton Loibl /SS-Hauptsturmf?hrer (Listed on DAL but not Original List)

Hermann Loew

Frank Lyck

Josef Maier

Robert Malter /SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Karl Manetst?tter

Karl Matthes

Paul Matthes

Emil Maurice / SS-Oberf?hrer

Hermann Mayer

Josef Mayer

Ernst M?lzer

Fritz Meisel

Hans Mendl

Carl Menge

Johannes Menzel

Emil Metz

Willy Meyer

Carl Michel

Herbert Michel

Ottmar Mintzel

Franz Moos

Oskar M?slein

Erich M?tz

Anton M?hl

Alfred M?ller / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Christian M?ller

Georg M?ller /SS-Obersturmf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Hans Herbert M?ller

Heinrich M?ller / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Hans M?nderlein

Albert Munk

Martin Mutschmann

Paul Nafe

Oskar Neff

Georg Neidl

Paul Netzer

Josef Neumaier

Karl Neumann

Oskar Obermayer

Eberhard Oechsle

Hermann Oesper

Karl Ostberg

Louise Pahlke / Female Recipient

Albert Penzkofer

Josef Pertl / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Paul Pfahter

Josef Pickl

Edmund Pilger

Josef Pillmaier

Georg Popp

Theodor Poschet

Johann Prent

Emil Petzendorfer

Max Probst

Hans Rappl

Eugen Rauser

Hermann R?ppold

W. Rehm

Wilhelm Reichs

Franz Reitz

Karl Remmel / SS-Sturmbannf?hrer

Fritz Richter

August Rieger

Josef Riggauer

P.E. Rings

Eduard Ristelhuber

Max von Rode-Diezels

Hans R?hrl / SS-Obersturmbannf?hrer

Walter Rose

Anton Rossa

Eduard R?ss

Alfred Rosenberg / RL u. Reichsminister

Georg Rosenbauer

Willy Rott

Adolf Rottenberger

Edmund Rudolph

Hans Rudolph

Willi Rupprecht

Ferdinand R?th

Theo Saillierg / SS-Obersturmf?hrer (Listin in DAL but not Original List)

Edmund Sander

Fritz Sauckel / GL u. SS-Obergruppenf?hrer

Karl Schaal / SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Hans Schack

Josef Sch?ffer

Heinrich Schaller

A. Scharr

Julius Schaub / SS-Obergruppenf?hrer

Carl Schegk

Otto Schierhorn

Georg Schiller

Rudolf Schindhelm

Hans Schinner

Wilhelm Schlosser

Gustav Schmid

Josef Schmid

Ludwig Schmied

Friedrich Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt / SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Hugo Schmidt

Louis Schmidt

Robert Schmidt

Rudi Schmidt

Siegfried Schmidt

Gottfried Schmitt

Karl Schmitt

Julian Schmittner

Karl Schmutterer

Ludwig Schneider

Xaver Schnell

Albert Schneider

E.H. Schneider

Heinrich Schneider

Georg Sch?n

Julius Schreck /SS-Brigadef?hrer

Max Schroth

Adolf Schulte

August Schultheiss / SS-Obersturmbannf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Fritz Schulz

Arthur Schumann

Karl Schunk

Josef Schuster / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Franz Schwarzer

Franz Schwede-Coburg / GL (Recipient but not on Original List)

J. Karl Schwertek

Georg Schweinbeck

Theodor Schwindl

Franz Schrafstetter

Fritz Seidel

Alfred Seidler

Franz Seidlmeier

Georg Seidenschwang

Gustav Seifert / SS-Hauptsturmf?hrer

Franz Seitz / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Hans Serfling

Jakob Sidler

Friedrich Simeth

Johann Singer

Franz Six / SS-Sturmbannf?hrer

Pia Sponseil / Schwester Pia

Walter Sperhake

Theo von Sperl / SS-Obersturmf?hrer

Fritz Sressmayer

Fritz Stahl

Otto Stahl

Waldemar Stahl

Franz Stark / SS-Obersturmf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Bernhard Stauber

Lorenz Stauch

Karl Staudhammer / SS-Sturmbannf?hrer

Hans Staudinger

Hans Staudt

Hans Staudte

Otto Steinbeisser /SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Herbert Stelzig

Paul Stemmer

Karl Stieglitz

Hanns Stock / SS-Sturmbannf?hrer

Richard Stock / SS-Sturmbannf?hrer

Udo Stoess

Emil Strassner / SS-Untersturmf?hrer (LIsted in DAL but not Original List)

Julius Streicher /Gauleiter

Josef Str?hlein

Anton St?hler

Paul Summa

Erich S?nderhauf

Hans Tallner

August Teichert

Wilhelm Th?le

Gustav Adolf Theobald

Hildolf Freiherr von Th?ngen / SS-Oberf?hrer

Fr. Tiedemann

Otto Tippel

Fritz Tittmann / SS-Brigadef?hrer

Hans Titus

Heinz Tresselt / SS-Hauptsturmf?hrer (Listed in DAL but not Original List)

Erich Trunzer

Guenther Vater

Paul Vierhus

Willy Vitzthum

Johann Vodermaier

Karl Vogt

Anton Voll

Franz Wacker

Ernst Wagner

Pius Wagner

Karl Walter

Ludwig Waltl

Theo Wasnderer

Christian Weber / SS-Brigadef?hrer

Johann Weber

Josef Weber / SS-Standartenf?hrer

Kurt Weber

Hans Wegelin

Nikolaus Wehner

Willy Wiedermann /SS-Brigadef?hrer

Georg Weidinger

Rudolf Weigl

Carl Weiss

Fritz Weitzel / SS-Obergruppenf?hrer (Shows being awarded in his Personnel File but not on Original List)

Bruno Wenzel

Berhard Werner

Georg Wiborg

Wicklein, (Missing First Name)

Karl Wienecke

Georg Will

Willy Willert

Albrecht Winkler

Anton Winkler

Johann Winkler

Joachim Wirth

Karl Wirtmann /SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Rudolf Wittmer

Rudolf Wohlleben

Jakob Wolf

Karl W?rlein / SS-Untersturmf?hrer

Hans Wutz

Anton Zahner

Otto Zangenmeister

Walter Zeichner

Emanuel Zoschke

Hans Zoberlein

Christophe

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Hello,

Nobody has a photo to show ? Come on guy !

Christophe

[Tunneller]

Here is my first pattern Coburg badge

Jim

[Tunneller]

I`ll try again

jim

[Deruelle]

Hi,

After two years, this thread comes to surface. Thanks for posting this badge. It is possible for you to show the reverse please ? Thanks

Christophe

[Tunneller]

Hi,

After two years, this thread comes to surface. Thanks for posting this badge. It is possible for you to show the reverse please ? Thanks

Christophe

Here you go

jim

[Tunneller]

Another view

Jim

[Erich S]

Well, it tells you how rare these awards are after waiting two years for a reply. The Battle of Coburg is one of my passions and here's a little collage of my Coburg collection including my 1st type badge.

[Tunneller]

Well, it tells you how rare these awards are after waiting two years for a reply. The Battle of Coburg is one of my passions and here's a little collage of my Coburg collection including my 1st type badge.

Nice to see we are using the same forums Erich

Jim

[Nick]

Perhaps someone would like to expand on what types of badge were awarded for Coburg and more importantly, why the significance of the event?

[Erich S]

Hitler and a few of his followers were invited by City Officals to attend German Day celebrations in Marxist Coburg in Oct. 1922. Hitler thought that it was important to take his young Party out of Munich for much needed exposure. During the March at Coburg there were many street battles between the Marxists and Nazis. Hitlers follows came out on top and the towns people sided with Hitler over the Marixts from that time forward. If Hitler would have been defeated it may have been the end for the DAP and there would possibly have not been a second world war. So, this was the very first victory for the Party outside on Munich.

The badges that Jim and I posted are 1st type badges and were the actual awarded badges to the recipients in 1932. The later RZM marked badges came about probably in 1936 when it was elevated to a national Honor award of the Party. The later badge had a stronger pin attachment and whas a probable Honor award given out by Hitler or could be purchased as a replacement or extra badge by the original participants of the March. This badge was equal in status to the Blood Order but much more rare being only awarded 436 times.

[Nick]

Cheers Eric. So I take it that the the earlier Type 1 badge is rarer than the later RZM badges ? The list above has 451 names is this accurate?

[Deruelle]

Hi Eric,

Nice to see your items about that subject. Congrats.

About the list I have found, it is probably complete. Can you confirm it please ?

Christophe

[Erich S]

The original list had 436 names on it. The additional recipients were probably Honor awards given by Hitler which he also did with the Gold Party Badge and Blood Order. The 1st type badge is much more rare than the RZM marked one. The pins on the 1st types were very fragile and were improved on the later badges.

[all1knew]

The original list had 436 names on it. The additional recipients were probably Honor awards given by Hitler which he also did with the Gold Party Badge and Blood Order. The 1st type badge is much more rare than the RZM marked one. The pins on the 1st types were very fragile and were improved on the later badges.

Can you please post front and back images of a RZM marked badge?

William Kramer

[Erich S]

There is a large thread on the CB on another forum that I have seen you on where you can see an RZM example. I don't have one in my collection and don't want to post a photo of another collectors badge.

[Stan]

Hi William,

Here is my RZM-marked example.

Stan

Edited September 3, 2011 by Stan

[Tunneller]

Nice badge Stan. The pin on the later awards is much more substantial. When you look at the back of mine you can understand why so many pins were broken.

Jim

[Erich S]

Thanks Stan for posting your fine badge to complete this thread. I may add a nice RZM badge to go with my 1st type someday.

[Rich Moran]

Late comer here and my 1st post after making a year on this forum.

 

Here is my Coburg badge stick pin and my type 2 Coburg badge with RZM.

 

On the other forum Erich mention I think there was listed about 50-60 known badges in collections as members there posted their badges.

 

What's strange is the type 1 outnumbered the type 2 as the type 1 had 34 in known collections and the type 2 if memory is correct 23, so on both type 1 and type 2 badges totaling 57 badges. 

 

Its obvious the number could be higher as many collectors are not on forums but the impression I have the Coburg badge is a rare award.

Edited February 5, 2023 by Rich Moran

[Raz]

Lovely pieces, Rich, especially that mini.

[JonFish]

Yes, very sought after badges. Congratulations on yours. Jon

p.s, I still prefer blutorden  

[Rich Moran]

Thanks Raz & Jon for the compliment on the CB mini. Tough to find item. Jon Fish your definitely the king when it comes to how many BO's in a collection. How many have you been able to attribute?

[JonFish]

On 19/03/2023 at 03:10, Rich Moran said:

Thanks Raz & Jon for the compliment on the CB mini. Tough to find item. Jon Fish your definitely the king when it comes to how many BO's in a collection. How many have you been able to attribute?

Hi Rich, nearly 30   Hopefully 30 more before I'm finished, lol