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NSDAP Golden Party Badge + Membership Cards for Austrian - NSDAP Golden Party Badge + Membership Cards for Austrian. Included are the badge numbered 50,622 with the pin attached but having slipped due to solder not being dry when handled the day it was made.Also, a NSDAP Membership Card (Mitgliedskarte) 50,622 to Josef Maranitsch:Born: 9 January 1899Residence: Wien III, RochusgasseOrtsgruppe: Wien (Ungargasse)Accepted: 6 October 1926Issued: Munich, 15 July 1939.A 1926 membership date places him very early in the party, long before the Anschluss (1938).Austrian members often received replacement or re-issued cards in 1938–39, explaining the Munich issue date.Also included is the Confirmation Card (Bestatigungskarte) which was another proof of party membership.The Golden Party Badge (Goldenes Parteiabzeichen) was awarded to members whose enrollment numbers fell below 100,000, effectively recognizing ”Old Fighters” who had joined the NSDAP before Hitler's rise to power in 1933, or occasionally granted as an honor by Hitler himself. For Austrian members like this one, a 1926 joining date signifies membership during the party's illegal period in Austria, well before the 1938 Anschluss brought the country under German control and legalized Nazi Party activity there. The Munich issue date of July 1939 reflects the bureaucratic process of integrating Austrian party members into the Reich's central membership records following annexation, with many receiving reissued documentation to formalize their standing within the unified NSDAP administration.