The SS Zivilabzeichen (-Z.A.) was a badge of the SS issued between the years of 1933 and 1938 to SS members. Translated as "SS Civil Badge", the ''SS Zivilabzeichen'' was a small lapel pin worn on civilian clothing to denote membership in the SS. The badge was most commonly awarded to members of the ''

Sicherheitspolizei The ''Sicherheitspolizei'' ( en, Security Police), often abbreviated as SiPo, was a term used in Germany for security police. In the Nazi era, it referred to the state political and criminal investigation security agencies. It was made up by the ...

'' who were veteran SS members. There appears to have been no set criteria for the SS-Z.A.'s issuance, and an SS member had only to apply to the ''

SS-Hauptamt The SS Main Office (german: SS-Hauptamt; SS-HA) was the central command office of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) in Nazi Germany until 1940. Formation The office traces its origins to 1931 when the SS created the SS-Amt to serve as an SS Headquarters ...

'' in order to receive the civil badge.

Known civil badge numbers

Adolf Hitler was given honorary SS number "1" and was awarded a ''Zivilabzeichen'' by the SS. The badge was stored in Hitler's Munich apartment until it was taken by 1st LT Philip Ben Lieber in 1945. 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. * #1: Adolf Hitler * #2: Heinrich Himmler * #6,375:

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Gustav Lombard * #106,983: Karl Freiherr Michel von Tüßling * #160,180:

Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 190316 October 1946) was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich ...

* #169,582: Hermann Senkowsky

References

Sources

* SS service record of

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