It is of extreme rarity that you see a group being attributed to a Coburg Badge bearer. This group has been offered on the market by a German dealer, from the estate of Nikolaus Hofmann. Research showed that he was born in 18 January 1900 from Upper Franconia in the rural town of Michelau (today a municipality in the district of Lichtenfels in Bavaria in Germany). Nikolaus had served for 18 years during the First World War in the 7th Infantry Regiment. When war broke out again, he joined the Nazi Party, being assigned to 1.Komp.Pi.-Btl.231 (1st Company, 231 Battalion) and after being injured was re-assigned to Pi.188, and finally discharged from service on 23 August 1940 due to his contacts in the Nazi Party and illness. Included in this grouping include badges such as the first pattern Coburg Badge (it has a replaced pin), a large Golden Party Badge with the number 95657, the Gauehrenzeichen 1923 in 800 silver, an NSDAP Long Service Award in Bronze, the Commemorative / Festival Badge for 1933 in memory of 9 November 1923, a War Merit Cross 2nd Class 1939 without Swords, a Black Wound Badge, Honor Cross for veterans, a Saar Rally Badge, a Luipold Cross, a Sleeve Triangle for the South Bayren of Ostmark, a Hitler Jugend Badge in Cloth and many other documents. In particular, this group also came with two NSDAP 1937 Coburg commemorative plates each in the original box, showing the front written with Gautreffen der Altern Garde der Bayerischen Ostmark in Coburg 1937, indicating a recognition of being an Old Guard of the Nazi Party. The plates were made by the manufacturer Roesler and comes with the original strings for mounting. Could this be the holy grail of all Coburg Groupings? Uber Rare!
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