Eibia question

[Britian_Jacky]

Did any employees at the eibia GmbH plants wear any armbands?

[Britian_Jacky]

Btw the armband I have

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/njOaH

[hoover]

In my hometown we have the ruins of the EIBIA GmbH in Dörverden. It was the 4th largest powder fabric in Germany then.

Yes, there were 4 classes of workers there:

1. Germans
2. foreign workers whcih volunteered for work
3. Fremdarbeiter (pressed foreigners)
4. POW (which were the lowest class with the hardest conditions)

Numbers 3 and 4 had armbands, comparable with the sewn on numbers and stars in the concentration camps.

Very interesting armband, indeed. I am only knowing black ones. Don´t know the meaning of the colours.

Bye
Frank

[RonR]

So we don't lose the pictures of the armband for future reference...


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[Britian_Jacky]

Thanks Ron
Thanks Hoover maybe my armband is a fantasy?

[hoover]

Don´t know, but I try to catch a view in the photos of an EIBIA-collector. The EIBIA (Firma Wolff in Walsrode) had some more sites, so mabye the armband is from oine of the many sites, like Liebenau, Bomlitz etc.

[kyles bullets]

Quality and construction seems correct for the time. Most likely for forced laborers, but probably impossible to say which of the 4 types would have used. Too bad about the fire damage.

[Britian_Jacky]

Should I take better pics of the inside of the armband?
Plus thanks for some of the ideas as to this armband.

[kyles bullets]

Better inside pics are always better for reference for others of course

[Britian_Jacky]

ok then ill do that.

[Britian_Jacky]

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/D4kxo

As requested pics of the inside of the armband.
Sorry for the delay