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This badge is a so-called convention badge (also called “tinnie”), issued for a specific event of the Nazi organization “Kraft durch Freude” (KdF) - Convention badge (also called “tinnie”), issued for a specific event of the Nazi organization “Kraft durch Freude” (KdF) in 1937. Detailed description: Shape and material: It is a rectangular metal plaque with a bronzed or gold-colored surface coating. Motif: In the center are three stylized passenger ships on the sea. This symbolizes the KdF sea voyages, which were marketed as a prestigious vacation program for German workers. Inscriptions: Top: “KRAFT DURCH FREUDE – HESSEN-NASSAU”. This refers to the organizing Gau Hessen-Nassau. Bottom: “REICHSB. DEUTSCH. SEEGELTUNG 6. 1937”. This stands for the “Reichsbund Deutsche Seegeltung” and dates the event to June 1937. Symbols: In the upper left and lower right corners are circular emblems. The emblem of the German Labor Front (DAF) – a gearwheel with a swastika in the center – has been made unrecognizable here by gray dots. Historical background: The Reichsbund Deutsche Seegeltung was an organization that aimed to promote the population's interest in seafaring and maritime thought in the spirit of Nazi ideology. The cooperation with the KdF at such events served to propagandistically underpin the connection to the sea and the regime's expansionist dreams.