Blue NSDAP armband?

[kyles bullets]

Any idea on what this one is? Looks to me more blue then gray or green....

[kyles bullets]

No thoughts??

[ironfist]

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Oh yes one thought WTF is that.
Do a uv test first.The age old debate about fully printed bands ???? regardles of the colour.
It could well be a post war copy of a funeral band that has just lost all of its colour?????
Regards Pete

[kyles bullets]

It is 100% original and vet brought back. Can't be a mourning armband because the swastika didn't fade so it can't be faded. Looks like the Der Stahlhelm armbands to me but it has a bluish tint to it....

[Darin S.]

Printed armbands are seen in manufacturers catalogs as being sold during the period. As for this armband I have no idea but printed armbands were made and sold. A catalog from the firm Bernhard Richter lists armbands described as "№ 146N - Leichte ausführung Indanthen Gedruckt, gesäumt, ungefuttert 13 pfennig p/stück.". The catalog dates from 1933. This information and a scan of the catalog page is shown on the H.J. Research Forum in the full member content area.

Credit to member Metallwarenfabrik of that forum for this information.

[kyles bullets]

So it could be a period reproduction basically?

[Darin S.]

So it could be a period reproduction basically?

The printed armbands I am referring to were made and used in the period, not reproductions. I don't know what the armband shown here in this thread is, only that printed armbands were sold during the period along with multi piece armbands as the catalog shows.

[kyles bullets]

The printed armbands I am referring to were made and used in the period, not reproductions. I don't know what the armband shown here in this thread is, only that printed armbands were sold during the period along with multi piece armbands as the catalog shows.

I misunderstood. I thought you meant that these were being sold as real armbands but were repros in the same time lol. Wouldn't be surprised if that did happen though. I was watching a video on the German American Bund and I saw an armband that looked blue but then the vet could't of brought it back. It's just an oddball. Any ideas on value?

[codytrcollector]

I misunderstood. I thought you meant that these were being sold as real armbands but were repros in the same time lol. Wouldn't be surprised if that did happen though. I was watching a video on the German American Bund and I saw an armband that looked blue but then the vet could't of brought it back. It's just an oddball. Any ideas on value?

Nothing, because nobody is going to believe it's real or that tried old story "it's a vet bring back". Could be a factory mistake, but even so, I will always be could be a.... or maybe it's a....

[kyles bullets]

Nothing, because nobody is going to believe it's real or that tried old story "it's a vet bring back". Could be a factory mistake, but even so, I will always be could be a.... or maybe it's a....

Not even if it passes all tests? I would think it would be worth the value of one of the other odd colored armbands like the swedish, the black ones for the danish nordscheswig or the der stahlhelm ones???

[rlimike]

[QUOTE=kyles bullets;6153421]It is 100% original and vet brought back. /QUOTE]

Yeah ... remember what they say ?

[Jeff Clark]

are you sure it is not gray?

[kyles bullets]

I think it's gray. Also, you shouldn't believe the story right? This one is one of the forum sponsors (won't mention name unless they want to be mentioned) and it's from the 7th armor I believe. I think it is gray but printed armband colors are sometimes off so maybe this is what that is?

[kittykat]

I am sure a few weeks ago somebody posted a blue armband but I cannot find the thread. That armband was one of the bevo woven types and 100% correct. Will continue to search the forum for it.

Found it now http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=armband

turns out it was green. However it does show they had different colors.

[ironfist]

goog

Hi Kyles well i must say i have changed my mind,do you think the slightley diffrent shades could be down to wear and sunlight causing the slightley diffrent colours.
I have found one on the old Third Reich Depo this has the lovley beve weave as someone has also posted.
the wright up about it as followes.I could not get the picture of the site maby you can ime not good at that..............


SA Reservist's Armband (�rmelbinde) by Ewald Beiersmann & Sohn of Wuppertal-Langerfeld.

The SA, SturmAbteilung (Storm Troops), organization was formed in 1921 as a protective guard for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, NationalSozialistische Deutsche ArbeiterPartei (National Socialist German Worker's Party). Like the NSDAP, the SA was structured along paramilitary lines. Most SA recruits came from various "Freikorp" (Free Corp) groups which were mainly composed of disgruntled ex-soldiers from WWI. Members of the SA and NSDAP began wearing armbands or "brassards" that sported Hitler's new national symbol, the swastika, to all rallies and political functions as early as 1922. Formally organized in 1929, the SA began establishing reserve units as early as 1927, open to "fit for duty" men over the age of 40. The structure of the reserve units was revised in 1933 with the creation of "SA-Reserve I for men between the ages of 18 to 25, and SA-Reserve II for those between 35 and 40. Members of the SA-Reserve II wore distinguishing insignia, including armbands like this one, until it was absorbed into the regular SA in 1935.

This early (circa 1929-30?) armband was constructed from a khaki gray/green linen with reinforced edges. The white roundel and black mobile swastika were machine embroidered (Bevo like) with rayon thread. This design has often been referred to as the "3D" version because of the way the swastika looks on the reverse. An incredibly rare artifact with no damage except for some minor soil from being handled.