On 14 October 1922 Adolf Hitler led 800 members of the Sturmabteilung (SA) from Munich and other Bavarian cities[1] by train to Coburg for a weekend rally.

It was made out of bronze and featured a sword placed tip downward across the face of a swastika within an oval wreath of laurel leaves.

[2][4] On 1 August 1939, Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler decreed that any SS member (whether enlisted or officer) who wore the Coburg Badge was eligible to wear the Totenkopf ring.

Since the Coburg Badge was not normally recorded in an NCO record dossier, the order required enlisted personnel to provide proof of their being awarded the Coburg Badge.

[5] A total of 436 recipients were recorded on the official Party awards list.