NSDAP Schellenbaum Banner

[Jeff Clark]

Rare to find these!

[Wallace]

Unbelievable beautifull banner.And in a perfect condition too by the looks of it

[Erich B.]

Magnificent piece! I seem to remember having seen this one somewhere a long time ago. It is a beauty!
Erich

[CLENTER]

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THAT IS A BEAUTY!

[gauost]

Jeff - Outstanding, now you need the Schellenbaum it goes on.

Horst

[Jeff Clark]

Horst, have you one for me?

[gauost]

Jeff - wish I did, I would add it to my PL music/band group.
Horst

[JoeW]

As a technical point, would the unit owning that Schelly Fahne have belonged to the AO? Was Kreis Luxemburg part of the Reich or Ausland Organisation.

[Jeff Clark]

Yes, it was part of the Reich, below is information I found on the web:

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Belgium's tiny southwestern neighbor, was invaded by the Germans on May 10th, 1940, and overrun in a mostly bloodless conquest. After the Campaign in the West ended, on June 28th, 1940, Luxemburg was formally linked to Gau Koblenz-Trier.

The German Wehrmacht mounted an intense recruiting campaign in Luxembourg shortly after their victory in the West in June of 1940. Perhaps it was the wake of their recent spectacular conquest that made their recruitment so successful. They were able to initially raise in the region of 1,800-2,000 volunteers from among the tiny Grand Duchy. In August of 1942 Luxembourg was officially made a part of the German Reich and all of its citizens were thereafter subjected to call-up for the German Wehrmacht. Subsequently, all the classes of 1920-1926 were immediately drafted. From August 1942 until liberation in late 1944, conscription in Luxembourg produced 12,035 men, of whom 2,752 fell in action, died of wounds or were posted missing-presumed dead. A further 1,500 were severely wounded or disabled, and 3,516 deserted.

[Mike TM]

Super nice piece
Mike

[all1knew]

Jeff,

Thank you for filling in the wonderful history behind this great piece.

William Kramer

[JoeW]

Lazy me. I should have checked my NSDAP Jahrbuch. It shown on the Gau map as part of the successor Gau Moselland (1943). Nice piece and made during the war. I think that is what is fascinating.

[JoeW]

Has anyone ever seen this put-together piece? Last time I saw it was at the Steffen's auction displayed at the Max II in St. Louis in the mid 1980s. Put together from post war Schellies and some evidently correct parts.

[JoeW]

Here is a close-up of the Schellenbaum, flag and the gorget. Anyone seen this type of gorget before?

[Bob Coleman]

Jeff-
What A Great Piece! Is There Any Historical Provenance As To The Original Point Of Aquisition? So Many Of Us Old Time Collectors Failed To Realize The Significance Of Recording This Form Of Historical Data Years Ago. I Guess The Main Reason Was That Years Ago, There Was Just So Much Material Available.
My Hero Is Mark Bando, Who Has Done Such A Wonderful Job With His Collection Of 101st Airborne And 2nd Armor Items, Recording Who He Bought It From And Where They Obtained It.