Can anyone help me determine with certainty what unit this poster is advertising for. I'm not familiar with it. He's wearing an SA Sports badge, an NSKK type sidecap (though it looks somewhat SS-VTish), and a strange armband. I think it may have something to do with a flieger unit, but I am not sure.
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It was the Voluntary SS under Henlein in the annexed Czechoslovakian area = Sudetenland. That's a relatively obscure organization, I would think.
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Thank you, Erich. I am amazed you found that so quickly! It looked somewhat "SSish" to me, but the mix of insignia and no black tie, threw me for a loop. It's a poster that was offered to me at an extremely high price, and before I jumped in, I needed to know what the unit was. The poster is by Anton, and I have never seen it before.Comment
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Yes, he is. He was a very competent graphic artist, and I especially like his Hamburg shipping and cruise posters. To my knowledge, he only made two posters for the party, this one, and the famous one with the yellow background. Have you seen this FS poster before? Also, does anybody have other material from this organization? Hats, uniforms, insignia?Comment
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no i have it not see before.have you a picture from the complete size?i think its only a cut from or?from where it was produced?Originally posted by Craig Gottlieb View Post
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uschaComment
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It's just a cut-out digital photo they sent me to have a look at the graphics - I'm sure the actual poster has the normal issue nomenclature of some sort, at the bottom. When and if I get it, I will post more photos of it.Comment
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Interesting - I also have a poster of Henlein. I would love to still learn more about the previous poster, however, and more importantly, about the "FS" unit.Comment
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now i have found some one.the FS was the "Schutzstaffel" for the SdP(german party)in sudetenland before the"anschluß"to germany.FS=Freiwillige Schutzstaffel.the FS and the SdP was forbidden after the"anschluß"on the german reich.after this the most members of the FS going into the SFK=sudetendeutsches freikorps.
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the unit has 60.000-70.000 members.25.000 was from the DTV(deutscher turner verband).it was the strong arm from this unit.der newspaper of the FS called"mannschaft im kampf".
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uschaComment
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Excellent info! Thanks.Comment
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The poster (the FS one) is marked in the bottom margin "Kunst im Druck Obpacher AG Munchen."Comment
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I have these 2 items in Honour of Konrad Henlein.
I also posted them in the political forum a couple months ago.
Amazing what some people find in the trash.
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Relay run in his Honour
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