{"product_id":"original-german-wwii-nsdap-sa-multi-piece-cotton-armband-with-paper-rzm-a4-343-tag","title":"Original German WWII NSDAP \u0026 SA Multi-piece Cotton Armband with Paper RZM A4\/343 Tag","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition original German WWII Early-War Style National Socialist Party \u003cem\u003eÄrmelbinde\u003c\/em\u003e (Armband), brought home by a U.S.G.I. after the war. The National Socialist German Workers' Party (\u003cem\u003eNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis standard armband was worn by party members in the NSDAP and SA, and was also worn by many service members and other personnel during the war. It features a red cotton band with a white cloth circle, which bears a swas made from two strips of folded and sewn on black fabric. Measures approximately \u003cstrong\u003e15 3\/4\" x 4 1\/8\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, and is sewn together in the back. We noted that this seam is with light brown \/ gold string, and looks to have been re-stitched when it was used. There are also some small tack stitches of the same color around the edges, used to secure it to a uniform in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inside still features the original paper \u003cstrong\u003eRZM\u003c\/strong\u003e tag which is in very good shape with some folding, and is still attached to the fabric relatively well. The tag has a correct \u003cstrong\u003e“B”\u003c\/strong\u003e tax code and features the \u003cstrong\u003eRZM logo\u003c\/strong\u003e as well as the ink stamped numerical designation of the \u003cstrong\u003eHersteller\u003c\/strong\u003e (manufacturer) \u003cstrong\u003eA4\/343\u003c\/strong\u003e. over lot number\u003cstrong\u003e U № 054182\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition overall is very good, showing some small holes and stains from use, but no major damage. There is some overall discoloration, as well as age toning to the white insignia. The stitching is mostly intact, though the seam in the back is fraying a bit. A lovely example that would be very hard to improve upon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45123400597573,"sku":"ONSV26NCS056","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONSV26NCS056__01.jpg?v=1781039575","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-german-wwii-nsdap-sa-multi-piece-cotton-armband-with-paper-rzm-a4-343-tag","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}