Original Nazi-era “Arbeitsschlacht” event badge from Gau Bayerische Ostmark. Features a raised swastika in triangle form, 48.3 mm die stamped brass, pinback intact.
Badges like this “Arbeitsschlacht Gau Bayr. Ostmark” tinnie were issued to commemorate large-scale labor drives or regional RAD events — often involving rallies, marches, and public labor exhibitions. “Gau Bayr. Ostmark” refers to the Bavarian Eastern March region, an administrative division of the Nazi party, encompassing parts of eastern Bavaria.
These badges were worn temporarily on civilian clothes and were meant both as tokens of participation and as propaganda pieces demonstrating national labor unity.
