Offers a study of Gau Ehrenzeichen, or District Honor Badges. Although useful both as the first-ever collector’s manual devoted exclusively to the subject, this study can also help historians understand the formative years of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party (NSDAP) between 1923 and 1939. A unique view into the pre-war history of Nazi Germany. Using never-before-published photos and drawing from private archives of original specimens of every badge and corresponding award document, the author answers two important questions: what is a Gau Ehrenzeichen, and why are they relevant to understanding Hitler’s rise to power? H/C. 240p.