Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service worn original German WWII Mid-War Style National Socialist Party Armband, brought home by a U.S. soldier after the war. The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated NSDAP), commonly known in English as the NSDAP Party, was a political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945. It was known as the German Workers' Party (DAP) before the name was changed in 1920.

The party's last leader, Adolf AH, was appointed Chancellor of Germany by president Paul von Hindenburg in 1933. AH rapidly established a totalitarian regime known as the Third Reich.

This standard armband was worn by party members, and was also worn by many service members and other personnel during the war. It is in very good condition, showing light wear and staining from service, as well as some folds and wrinkles from long storage. It measures approximately 15 3/4" x 4 1/4", with the ends sewn together. It looks to be of all cotton construction, with a sewn on white circle bearing a multi-piece black swas (hook cross).

The inner side still features the original RZM tag which is a complete example, though it shows wear and folding. It has also partially torn away from the fabric, leaving a portion still attached to the glue. The tag has a correct “B” tax code and features a ((RZM)) logo. The ink stamped numerical designation of the hersteller (manufacturer) is A4/302 and has the lot No. 383076 beneath it.

There is overall light age toning to the white and light staining to the red band, giving it a fantastic "been there" look! A very nice NSDAP armband, complete with the original RZM tag and ready to display!

The Sturmabteilung, literally Storm Detachment, was the NSDAP Party's original paramilitary. It played a significant role in Adolf AH's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s. Its primary purposes were providing protection for NSDAP rallies and assemblies, disrupting the meetings of opposing parties, fighting against the paramilitary units of the opposing parties, especially the Red Front Fighters League (Rotfrontkämpferbund) of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), and intimidating Romani, trade unionists, and, especially, Jews – for instance, during the NSDAP boycott of Jewish businesses.

The SA were also called the "Brownshirts" (Braunhemden) from the color of their uniform shirts, similar to Benito Mussolini's blackshirts. The SA developed pseudo-military titles for its members, with ranks that were later adopted by several other NSDAP Party groups, chief amongst them the Schutzstaffel (SS), which originated as a branch of the SA before being separated. Brown-colored shirts were chosen as the SA uniform because a large number of them were cheaply available after World War I, having originally been ordered during the war for colonial troops posted to Germany's former African colonies.

The SA became disempowered after Adolf AH ordered the "blood purge" of 1934. This event became known as the Night of the Long Knives (die Nacht der langen Messer). The SA continued to exist, but was effectively superseded by the SS, although it was not formally dissolved until after NSDAP Germany's final capitulation to the Allies in 1945.