German Gau-Treffen Westfalen Nord Badge Gelsenkirchen 1936

In a very good condition a hard to find German Gau-Treffen Westfalen Nord Badge Gelsenkirchen, 1936.
The badge is nicely maker marked on the reverse side and has on the front side the Deutschland Erwache Standarte with the name of Knickmann.

Knickmann was wounded twice during the First World War. After the war he worked for a time in self-protection organizations and border associations. After training in local administration, Knickmann was employed by the Buer city administration. During the occupation of the Ruhr in 1923, Knickmann took part in acts of sabotage against the French and Belgian occupation forces. In particular, he led the action in the Emscher-Lippe area. From 1924 Knickmann belonged to the Reichswehr as an organization officer at Military District Command VI in Münster. On August 15, 1932, Knickmann was released from the Reichswehr at his own request. Instead he became a staff leader in the SA sub-group Westphalia North in Osnabrück. In the 1920s, Knickmann became a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). He later became a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS). In the Reichstag election of July 1932, Knickmann was elected to the Reichstag as his party's candidate for constituency 17 (Westphalia North), to which he initially belonged until November of the same year. In January 1933 Knickmann returned to parliament in the replacement procedure for the resigned Alfred Meyer, to which he belonged from then on without interruption until his death in August 1941 as a member of the constituency 18 (Westphalia South). The most important parliamentary event in which Knickmann took part was the passing of the Enabling Act in March 1933, which formed the legal basis for the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship and which, among other things, was passed with his vote. After his death, Knickmann's mandate was continued by Franz Bielefeld until the end of the war. In 1933 Knickmann was appointed police chief of Duisburg-Hamborn. From 1937 to 1941 Knickmann led the SA Group Niederrhein. Knickmann rejoined the army at the start of WW2. He was a hauptmann (captain) in the 2nd battalion, Inf Rgt 501, 290th Inf Division. His decorations were Gold Party Badge, 1914-39 spange 2nd class, Inf Assault badge, Iron Cross 1st Class, German Cross in Gold awarded posthumously Feb 16 1942. Knickmann was killed in combat operations near Sabolotje, the Soviet Union, on Aug 5th, 1941.

A very nice and hard to find Gau treffen badge!

Code: 71384