Looking for Examples of Bullion-Bordered Form IV PL Armbands

[stonemint]

They were made and issued, but apparently on a prototype basis--here worn by Ley. These uses the coil-wire bullion, instead of the commonly seen flatwire.

Obviously, they were not that practical, due to wear and tear from friction.

Anyone have one (or pics of current examples)?

[stonemint]

Close-call, but I believe that the one worn by Ley here is a coil-wire bullion one as well:

[mrec27777]

they may not have been practical ..but,boy,are they impressive!

[stonemint]

Here is another coil-wire bullion armband in wear by Ley. You can easily tell that this is not a flat-wire.

I vaguely recall seeing samples of these bullion ones somewhere--they were not finished, and I want to say the bullion only went 1/2 way around the band....

[stonemint]

Found one pictured in the old Angolia NSDAP book, here for a Gauleiter.

Bullion work does not seem as strong as that worn by Ley:

[Mark Costa]

Stonemint:

These were indeed prototypes that were worn by Ley in April-June 1939 and by a handful of his staff and Gauleiters Koch and Grohe on their state visit to Italy. They seem to disappear after the state visit.

Mark Costa

[Jeff Clark]

example off salesman board

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[stonemint]

That is a stunner--one piece padded swaz to boot--I knew they were out there--thanks for posting

[stonemint]

Just bringing this old thread back to the top as well to complement the other.

[RonR]

Ortsgruppenleiter,,,,,,

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[RonR]

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[Jeff Clark]

Nice armband RonR but not gala style, just bullion