BACKGROUND: The development of the NSKK, National Sozialistisches Kraftfahr Korps, (National Socialist Motor Corps), can be traced back to 1923 when the SA introduced a Kraftfahr Abteilung, (Motor Section), to transport personnel as required. In 1928 the SA Motor section was expanded to Kraftfahrstaffeln, (Motor Squadrons). In an attempt to create a national motor corps the NSAK, National Sozialistisches Automobil Korps, (National Socialist Automobile Corps), was formed in April 1930 as a NSDAP auxiliary organization subordinate to the SA. In early 1931 Adolf Hühnlein was appointed as Chief of the NSAK and proposed a name change to NSKK, which was officially accepted in April 1931.In June 1942 NSKK-Korpsführer Hühnlein died after a long illness and was replaced with NSKK-Obergruppenführer Erwin Kraus. Shortly after Hühnlein’s death the NSKK introduced on honorary cufftitle in his name to be worn by personnel serving in Motorgruppe Hochland and cadre personnel of the NSKK Adolf Hühnlein Motor School. It appears the Adolf Hühnlein was manufactured in only one style with no differentiation for rank. Of Note: The RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster), was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Starting in late 1934 items manufactured for the NSKK came under the quality control of the RZM and were marked by a cloth RZM/SS approval tag. The dimensions and design of these cloth tags was altered in 1935 and this second pattern tag remained in use until early 1938, when it was replaced by a paper tag.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 1 1/16" tall and 18 5/8" long, full length, typical RZM pattern, machine woven, black rayon construction cufftitle features machine embroidered, Sütterlin style script, "Adolf Hühnlein" in silvery/grey rayon threads. The cufftitle is bordered at both the top and bottom edges in horizontally woven, seven strand, bright silver/aluminum wire threads. The reverse of the cufftitle has protective black fabric to the reverse of the embroidery. The cufftitle is in overall very good condition with minimal age toning.

GRADE ****1/4                             PRICE $995.00