Unknown armband

[Tom32]

Anyone knows something about these 2 different armbands from the two Marina- SA men ?

Has it something to do with the Olympic Games ?

Location is in Grünau ( rowing course ) during the Olympic Games 1936

Regards

Tom32

[wilhelm Saris]

Yes, they were used with the Olympic Games in 1936 at Berlin and the other locations.
Have no time at this moment, but I will have a look of what they were exactly!

[Tom32]

that would be nice... thanks

[wilhelm Saris]

The man at right I do not know, but at left wears an armband which by many functions was worn: it has a black edge, red middle-field upon which the Olympic symbol with the Brandenburger-gate is visible. Beneath this field there are indications in black to be found as:
Organistionskomitee (member for the Olympic Games organization, also supervisors and persons that did accompany guests), Internationales Olympisches Komitee, but eventually also OK- and IOC Staffel (drivers for the commity), Fahrdienst or Kraftfahrstab (also drivers), Fahrbereitschaft für Kurierdienst (couriers), which all were combined in the Kraftfahr-Stab (which is confirmed as it is also known to exist as a car flag). I thought I had a list, but cannot find it. Many who wore such an armband were from the NSKK (the men with the shown photo)!!

[Tom32]

Thanks Wilhelm,

that these armbands has something to do with the Organistionskomitee - okay , I thought already, but what exactly - it looks like a "pokal" on the armband from the left person ...if anyone knows.


The name of both persons are known !!

The left one ( from him there are not much images to find )

You don't know him ???

It's the Standartenführer Iwan Crompton

- former WW1 Oberleutnant z.S. - Iwan Crompton , one of only two survivors of the sunk U-41

Keywords: der Baralong Fall ( Baralong Incident), WW1 , U27, U41

He also pulished a book about this : "U 41"; der zweite "Baralong"-Fall

On this photo he looks good again. ( must read the story of the Baralong incident )

It exists also a special medal about this case - created by Karl Goetz

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collect...cts/39816.html

Regards

Tom32

[wilhelm Saris]

Hello,

yes I am aware of Staffelführer Crompton. I had heard about him. I have a photo of him in one of my books about NSKK headgear.

The "pokal" you mention is: in the upper part the Olympic rings above the silhouette of the Brandenburger Tor (I already mentioned
this in the other post).

[Tom32]

The "pokal" you mention is: in the upper part the Olympic rings above the silhouette of the Brandenburger Tor (I already mentioned
this in the other post).

Okay ... if you know that ( now I also found a pic of the the O.K. medal ) and look again to that symbol on the armband .... and yes, now it makes sense .


Thanks Wilhelm

Regards

Tom32