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German Third Reich Kinderschar der N.S.F. Gau München Membership Badge - A round enamel membership badge with a raised swastika device at center, surrounded by a white enamel field bearing the inscription ”KINDERSCHAR d. N.S.F. 880 GAU MÜNCHEN” in gilt lettering. The badge is finished in a gilt-toned metal with the swastika rendered in gilt outlined in black enamel. This type of badge relates to the National Socialist Frauenschaft (N.S.F.), the party's women's organization, with the ”Kinderschar” designation referring to its children's section active within the Munich Gau (district). The National Socialist Frauenschaft (NSF) served as the official women's organisation of the NSDAP, coordinating female party members in welfare, propaganda, and household economy activities under the broader umbrella of the party's Gau structure. The ”Kinderschar” designation identifies this badge with a children's affiliate or activity group sponsored by the NSF, through which younger children were introduced to National Socialist ideology and organisational life prior to eligibility for the Jungvolk or Jungmädel within the Hitler Youth system. Numbered membership badges of this kind were issued locally, in this case tied to the Gau München (Munich district), one of the party's earliest and most symbolically significant regional organisations given the city's status as the movement's birthplace.