SS Zivilabzeichen

's issuance, and an SS member had only to apply to the SS-Hauptamt in order to receive the civil badge.

The badge was stored in Hitler's Munich apartment until it was taken by 1st LT Philip Ben Lieber in 1945.

[1] The badge, along with a group of material owned by Hitler, was sold through Mohawk Arms to collectors Stephen Wolfe and Neil Hardin.

In 2013, the entire group was purchased by military antique collector and dealer Craig Gottlieb.

[2] This German military article is a stub.