Original Item: One-of-a-kind. Brown was to become the official color of the N.S.D.A.P. and S.A. by circumstance rather than design. A large stockpile of discounted, surplus WWI tropical brown shirts and fabric, intended for wear in East Africa, were located in Austria in 1924 and purchased by the NSDAP as a temporary measure to bring uniformity of dress to their party members. In November of 1926 the brown shirt was officially introduced, and retained, as the basic uniform item for the N.S.D.A.P. and S.A., and was eventually adopted by other political organizations such as the H.J., D.A.F., and the N.S.K.K..

This is an excellent condition set of SA breeches, made from the usual brown wool, which matches the distinctive brown used by organization and others under the NSDAP umbrella. They feature a front button fly with four hidden buttons topped by two exposed buttons, and there are size adjustment straps with plated steel buckles on the sides of the waist as well. The front features two diagonal waist pockets with button closed scalloped flaps, as well as a small "pocket watch" pock near the waist, also with a button closed scalloped flap. The rear right seat has a horizontal pocket with a button-closed scalloped flap. The bottoms of the legs are narrow so that they can fit inside boots, however they only feature a strap at the very bottom to secure the leg closed. The breeches are not lined except at the waist, where they are marked with a 48, which could be the size.

The breeches are really in great shape, with little to no sign of wear from use, and no damage from mothing that we can see. They do however have some age related issues, such as some deterioration of the brown bakelite buttons, which have whitish areas from the plastic degrading. There is also some rust present on the buckles for the adjustment straps where the plating has eroded.

A lovely set of SA breeches, ready to add to your collection!

Approximate Measurements:-
Waist: 16"
Inseam: 26"

The S.A.-
TheSturmabteilung, 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.