Original Item: Only One Available. The NSDAP or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche ArbeiterPartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), was originally founded in Munich as the DAP, Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (German Worker’s Party), on January 5TH 1919. When Adolf AH joined the DAP 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 Ortsgruppenleitung (Local group leadership), the Kreisleitung (District leadership), the Gauleitung (Regional District leadership), and the Reichsleitung (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 Ortsgruppe level, black for Kreis level, burgundy red for Gau level, and gold yellow for the Reich level. After that the Kreis level changed to white piping.

This is a fantastic matched pair (left and right) of 1939-1945 Pattern Kragenspiegelen (Collar tabs), often called "Gorget Patches". These have the correct lacquered buckram internal stiffeners, with the front covered in dark gold plush material. They are are piped in light blue for the Ortsleitung (Local Leadership), with a gold Reichsadler eagle at the top over four gold rank "pips", indicating the rank of Gemeinschaftsleiter, or Community Leader. This was a NSDAP Party political title which existed between the years of 1930 and 1945.

The tabs are in excellent condition, looking to most likely be unissued, with no signs of ever having been attached to a uniform. The right side tab even still features the original RZM tag, which is in great shape. The tag has a correct B tax code and features the RZM logo as well as the ink stamped numerical designation of the Hersteller (manufacturer) A4 / 28, along with production No. 381292. This is a pretty high lot number, so this looks to be definitely late ware production.

A great set of NSDAP collar tabs, ready to add to your collection!

Gemeinschaftsleiter (Community Leader) was an NSDAP political rank which existed between 1939 and 1945. Created primary to replace the older rank of Stützpunktleiter, the rank of Gemeinschaftsleiter was often used on the local level of the NSDAP to denote the second in command of a municipal region, answering to a regional NSDAP member known by the title of Ortsgruppenleiter.

On higher levels of the Party (County, Regional, and National), the rank of Gemeinschaftsleiter was a mid-level staff position, roughly equivalent to a Captain.

There were three levels of the rank: Gemeinschaftsleiter, Obergemeinschaftsleiter, and Hauptgemeinschaftsleiter. The insignia made use of four pips with horizontal bars to denote the two higher positions. The rank was subordinate to that of Abschnittsleiter.