Sports arm band

[Harvey R Lipp]

Is this sports arm band the real or another fake? No marks on band.

[matx007]

It’s fine. 👍

[Erich B.]

Looks fine from these photos, but it's not a sport armband. It's an armband that was supposed to be worn by SA Wehrmänner while in civilian clothing when assisting with emergency situations.
Erich

[Harvey R Lipp]

SA sports armband

Thanks for the information.

[dastardly]

Attached is a period photograph of this armband being worn.

[Wim Vangossum]

Attached is a period photograph of this armband being worn.

Thanks for sharing that picture.


Regards, Wim

[wilhelm Saris]

Thanks for sharing that picture.

Regards, Wim

I remember I posted the photo at the War Relics Forum when the armband was once discussed there. The photos is credited to Laurens Hessels.
He also was the person that gave the hint to the real purpose of wearing and that "sports" had nothing to do with it!

[Harvey R Lipp]

Sa sports arm band

I hate to show my ignorance but what is a "wehrmann"?

[dastardly]

IMO, a Wehrmann is a Heer (Army) recruit who has not entered or completed basic training so has not yet been appointed to the lowest enlisted rank of Gefreiten (Private). Maybe someone else has a better definition?

[Erich B.]

Actually, a Wehrmann is an SA member of the SA Wehrmannschaft. The use of the armband is specified in the SA Verordnungsblatt and it was ordered not to be worn with SA uniform.
Erich

[Pascal Bernhard]

Wehrmannschaft uniforms Thread...


http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=781293

[Pascal Bernhard]

I remember I posted the photo at the War Relics Forum when the armband was once discussed there. The photos is credited to Laurens Hessels.
He also was the person that gave the hint to the real purpose of wearing and that "sports" had nothing to do with it!

Wim,

the pic seems to be from a book...
do you know the book ? perhaps a period book ?
You remember surely my interest for the Wehrmannschaft...

Thank you
P.

[Erich B.]

I think it was in an issue of 'Der SA Führer' or 'Die SA'--I seem to remember seeing it in one of those but I'll have to check.
Erich

[Pascal Bernhard]

Thank you Erich

[JamesT]

SA Wehrmannschaften

This is from Angolia's book 'Cloth Insignia of the NSDAP and SA".

A special Hitler decree of 19.1.139 charged the SA with the pre and post military training of the entire male population between the ages of 18 and 65 to include those considered unfit for military duty. As a result the SA Wehrmannschaften was created. It was an SA controlled compulsorily conscripted Home Guard made up of fomer members of the Hitler Youth partially disabled but still considered for for service plus older men not yet called up for military service. In addition to training it was also responsible as a co-ordinating agency for political defence organisations and the allocation of personnel to Heimatflak, Stadtwacht and Landwacht.
I believed the officer in charge was SA GF Max Juttner