Original Item: Only One Available. Here we have a lovely example of German WWII Era souvenir pewter plate from the city of Nuremberg, which was very important to the history of the NSDAP. During the early days of the National Socialist Party, many cities turned away the organization, but Nuremberg did not, and thus was a special location for the party elite. The plate measures 8" in diameter, and has a hanger loop on the back. We were not able to find any maker markings on the back. The center of the plate shows the Nürnberg coat of arms over a lovely embossed scene showing the famous Nuremberg Castle (Nürnberger Burg). Around this in a ring is the following inscription in German "Black Letter" type:-

Nürnberg

Stadt der Reichsparteitag

This translates to "Nuremberg, City of the National Party Congress", usually referred to as the "Nuremberg Rallies". The edge of the plate outside the bowl has nine shield shaped embossed panels, which show the insignia of the following organizations (clockwise):

● The NSDAP National Socialist Party
● The Sturmabteilung (Storm Division) "Brown Shirts" Paramilitary Organization
● The NSFK National Socialist Flying Corps
● The DAF German Labor Front
● The NS-Frauenschaft National Socialist Women's League
● The HJ National Youth Organization
● The RAD National Labor Corps
● The NSKK National Motor Corps
● The Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron) Paramilitary Organization

These represent the major subordinate organizations of the NSDAP, and really add to the design of the plate. A great piece of "third reich" memorabilia!

The Nuremberg Rally was a celebratory event by the NSDAP in Germany, first held in 1923. They were large propaganda events, especially after A H's rise to power in 1933, when they became annual occurrences at the me annual occurrences at the NSDAP rally grounds in Nuremberg until 1938. Many films were made to commemorate them, including Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will and The Victory of Faith.

The first NSDAP rallies took place in 1923 in Munich and in 1926 in Weimar. From 1927 on, they took place exclusively in Nuremberg. The Party selected Nuremberg for pragmatic reasons: it was in the center of the German Reich and the local Luitpoldhain (converted parkland) was well suited as a venue. In addition, they could rely on the well-organized local branch of the party in Franconia, then led by Gauleiter Julius Streicher. The Nuremberg police were sympathetic to the event.

Later, the location was justified by the NSDAP by putting it into the tradition of the Imperial Diet (German Reichstag) of the Holy Roman Empire, considered the First Reich. After 1933, the rallies took place near the time of the Autumnal equinox, under the title of "The German people's National Party days" (Reichsparteitage des deutschen Volkes), which was intended to symbolize the solidarity between the German people and the NSDAP. This point was further emphasized by the yearly growing number of participants, which finally reached over half a million from all sections of the party, the army, and the state.