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AWARD DOCUMENT The award document that accompanied every numbered NSDAP Golden Party Badge was in the format shown to the right. This document was printed on a small piece of high quality paper in red ink with metallic gold highlights and border. A facsimile of the badge was printed at the top. The details of the award were filled in by hand, and included the recipient's name, number, address and award date. Early awards appear to refer to the recipient as "Herrn" or "Mister", while later awards use "Pg." for "Parteigenosse" meaning "Party Comrade". At the bottom of the certificate is the original ink signature of Reichsschatzmeister (Party Treasurer) Franz Xaver Schwarz, and the embossed seal of the Reichsleitung. Schwarz's department within the NSDAP was responsible for all aspects of the awarding of the Golden Party Badge. Schwarz himself held Golden Party Badge no. 6 - the lowest number except for Hess (3) and Hitler (1). Interestingly, the preprinted document only seems to have been made with "193X" for the year, and awards in the 1940s simply have the "3" crossed out. This also shows that relatively few awards were made after the initial awards in 1933-34. The translation of the award document is as follows:
for wearing the Honor Badge of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
Party Treasurer |
 made January 30th, 1934 |