I know that we've discussed this in part previously in various posts and threads but I thought it would be useful to get everything in one place and to add the missing information as we find it.
The table gives us, where available, the locations for the finals by year, the number of Kreissieger, Gausieger and also the number of Gausieger who were invited to the final competition. Finally, the number of Reichssieger is also listed. Yes, I know that the superscript footnote numbers aren't always in numerical order. I'll fix that at some point.
The Type 1 Reichssieger badge (left, an example from 1937) was first awarded in the 1936 competition and was replaced by the Type 2 in 1938 (right). In 1944 a painted version of the Type 2 was awarded to the Reichssieger in the Kriegsberufswettkampf. No Kreis- Gau or Reichssieger badges were awarded by the RJF/DAF for the the 1934 and 1935 competitions so the numbers here are for info purposes only. In 1944 only Gau- and Reichssieger badges were awarded. In the 1941 book Erziehung im Großdeutschen Reich it is stated that that there were 'approximately 500' Reichssieger each year. The book gave us a useful datum from which to work but this was not actually true so the aim here was to get exact figures from primary sources. The following table collates these results using period references:
Table follows:
References:
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The table gives us, where available, the locations for the finals by year, the number of Kreissieger, Gausieger and also the number of Gausieger who were invited to the final competition. Finally, the number of Reichssieger is also listed. Yes, I know that the superscript footnote numbers aren't always in numerical order. I'll fix that at some point.
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The Type 1 Reichssieger badge (left, an example from 1937) was first awarded in the 1936 competition and was replaced by the Type 2 in 1938 (right). In 1944 a painted version of the Type 2 was awarded to the Reichssieger in the Kriegsberufswettkampf. No Kreis- Gau or Reichssieger badges were awarded by the RJF/DAF for the the 1934 and 1935 competitions so the numbers here are for info purposes only. In 1944 only Gau- and Reichssieger badges were awarded. In the 1941 book Erziehung im Großdeutschen Reich it is stated that that there were 'approximately 500' Reichssieger each year. The book gave us a useful datum from which to work but this was not actually true so the aim here was to get exact figures from primary sources. The following table collates these results using period references:
Table follows:
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