Original Item. Only One Available. This is a scarce round plaque or table medal for the NSKK Motor Group Ostmark's Alpine Tour, which took place 25 June 1939. The various groups of the organization had many trips, races, and other events to help build the skills of the members, as well as to instill a sense of unity. The plaque shows triangular mountains with both an automobile and a motorcyclist climbing the steep mountain roads. Aa the bottom is a 2nd pattern NSKK eagle.

At the top of the medal in somewhat simplified Sütterlin script, which unfortunately made it quite difficult to read. As best we can tell, it reads:

Oſtmärkische Voralpenfahrt 25.6.1939.
N.S.K.K. Motorgruppe Oſtmark

This translates to:

East March Alpine Tour 25 June 1939.
N.S.K.K. Motor Group East March

Ostmark (East March) was an SA/NSKK Group on the far East side of Germany, centered around the city of Posen, today Poznań in Poland.

The plaque measures 2 ⅜" in diameter, and is in great shape minus some wear through the bronze finish on the raised areas. A Very scarce piece of NSKK history, the first of its kind we have offered. Ready for further research and display.

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 an NSDAP auxiliary organization, which was 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. Before the introduction of a standardized belt buckle the NSKK used the SA pattern rectangular buckle in a variety of styles usually nickel or chrome-plated over brass or steel.

The NSKK served as a training organization, mainly instructing members in the operation and maintenance of high-performance motorcycles and automobiles. The NSKK was further used to transport NSDAP and SA officials/members. The NSKK also served as a roadside assistance group in the mid-1930s, comparable to the modern-day American Automobile Association or the British Automobile Association. With the outbreak of World War II NSKK ranks were recruited to serve in the transport corps of various German military branches. There was also a French section of the NSKK which was organized after the German occupation of France began in 1940. The NSKK was the smallest of the NSDAP Party organizations.