I figure that since the one on WAF was successful that I would start one here. Any armband from any branch/organization of the TR can be posted. I'll start with my few armbands.... The same armband can be posted as many times as someone has it and make sure it is authentic....

Civilian in service.....


Early NSDAP..... Looks to be uniform removed because of the stitching still there from the uniform...


Printed NSDAP....


DRK that is named.....



Wool NSDAP.....


Traffic Director....


Decontamination Service of the RLB......


Medic

In service to the Security Police.

As far as I know it's orig. it came from a very firm vet source.

--dj--Joe

Inner view.

--dj--Joe

Thanks for posting. Looks original to me!

Good posts guys!

PVON

SS

Thanks to everyone to contributing so far! It has gotten this section a bit more active besides just me.....

RLB Type 2..... Came from the nephew of the vet from North Dakota....

Here is my RLB type 2 with an inset of the makers mark.

--dj--Joe

Volkssturm.
I've seen period pics. of these being worn high up on the left arm and lower down like a cuff title.

--dj--Joe

Thanks to everyone again for posting! Love your RLB Joe!!! Now I'm blind lol

My new recruiter.... didn't inside out the armband because I didn't want to loose the photo album tape...

DRKB.

--dj--Joe

NSRKB.

--dj--Joe

I've got a few more but will wait a bit for other collectors to share theirs.

--dj--joe

Thanks again Joe!

Some new ones! First is a Luftschutz medic officer!

And a Luftwaffe officer cadet!

Nice going Kyle, maybe you'll inspire others to add their armbands.

--dj--Joe

Thanks! Do you think I did good for under $150 for both? hoping more will post...

Well I bought my first armband it's the HJ pvon was selling, go to the for sale section to view it

here it is Ed

Armbands make nice back drops for display!

Thanks pvon didn't want to post photos without your OK

A nice on Ed and Paul! I was looking at this one.

This NSDAP armband came in a bunch of vet-stuff about a year ago.
It has the typical red cotton sleeve band but the circle and swaz are leather!

Any ideas if this is for some special purpose or just a manufacturers variation?

Appreciate any thoughts.

Now that's something new! Never saw one like that. Maybe a early variation??

I'm sure I have a black armband somewhere. Used for funerals I guess? Are they common? Thanks

I don't know much about them and haven't seen one that I would say is original so this may be interesting. If one did exist then it is very rare....

i like the leather one pretty cool

2 new ones!! A salesman sample Bahnhofswache and a HJ with veteran writing to their brother and sister with a tag!!! It says And may this be the last time we have to fight to take and stop this.

Kyle, I've been meaning to ask you why the reference to the Bahnhofswache armband as a salesman sample?

--dj--Joe

I think it is a salesman sample because for the way the ends are. They are sewn in in a strange way that looks like it could be attached to a board. I just got 2 more like it and I'll try to post them later today or tomorrow and show the strange stitching....

My new armbands... I added the detailed pictures you wanted too....

And the last one. If you want more pics Joe let me know!!

Here it is.I found this black armband inside the other just like in the picture below. I had a in wear picture but can't find it.

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Is it attached in some way to the other armband??

No, that's how I found it. Thanks.

So it's just black? No symbols or anything?

Just black and no symbols. It was worn over the other. I had a picture showing this but at the moment can't locate it. Thanks

That is very interesting! Might be the only one??

Railroad station security..... stamp can't be read....

New reichspost one from Allentown PA show....

Nice armband Kyle

That is a first for me to see a slide/tightening assembly. Interesting piece. Congrats. Thanks for showing it.

--dj--Joe

Thanks guys and I think this is one of I think 2 types of armbands made with a clasp if I'm not mistaken. You don't see the reichspost one often but more common than the green bevo type....

New one!! Funny thing is that I never paid over $100 for an armband with the exception of the postal one....

Hello,
Here's a pic of my kyffhauserbund armband. I believe the silver denotes an officer.
Duzig(Bill)

A very rare one!

Roger, another leather one! Different swastika construction but there still is another one out there.
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/parteiorganisationen-an-allgemeine-armbinde-st-9278-c-0b2acd4afd

I don't think that one is leather. Looks like wool/felt that has been ironed.

--dj--Joe

I have never seen iron wool/felt before so I wouldn't know. Either way it isn't the normal....

Got these 2 and 1 other at a show today but the one I don't have pictured is ripped and everything so I will not show it. The green and the one I'm not showing were gifts from a man at the show.... Any idea on what the numbers are for on the green one?

My favorite from my collection is this one that was shown in the Baker book "Youth Led By Youth".

Once again I love this band Gefolgschaft

That is an exceptional example of a H.J. armband. I wonder if it was a one of, or part of a small run of a cottage industry?

Unique, thanks for sharing it.

--dj--Joe

Very nice example, looks like his mum make it for him

Kyles

Not an expert on German order of battle, but I think the "408" on your green Luftshutz "L" armband may designate the 408th Division z.b.V (Landesschutzen) in the Wehrkreis of Breslau.

This makes a lot of sense. It has kept me pondering for a while. Thanks for the help!

My new ones. Hopefully 1 more on the way soon.....

The next one is on its way!!

It made it. Forgot to post it lol. Navy air defense leader or a ship repair man. It is still being decided......

- some good stuff here!

2 questions,,

1 - Is there a period photo of the RLB II in wear?

2- what is a State Service armband but in Green material? Everything the same,,same type of material,,same embroidered eagle,,but band is Green.

Never seen one that is green before. Do you have a photo? Sounds interesting. I haven't seen a photo of the RLB 2 in wear but I have many photos of the RLB 1 in leader and regular. I attached two with both in wear....

That reminds me of my newest one and probably last one for a while! A nice customs administration armband.... The shield is gold just that the glare of the snow is most likely making it silver looking. The shield is actually much larger than I expected! It is the size of a Krim shield.....

Alright Kyle,
Photo of the only one I have. An Imperial German Hunting Club armband. The metal insignia is gold guilted brass with polished highlights. Photos don't do it justice.
Cheers, Rick

Just an amazing armband even though that I don't collect imperial armbands! Much higher quality than the customs armband due to the fact that it is aluminum that is painted gold. The detail is perfect on yours. What material is the band made of?

Seems to be of a heavy cotton.

no photos.. Saw it while visiting a friend out of town,,in an 'antique store'. I've seen the standard yellow ones a hundred times,this looked fine,,except had green band. Should have just gave him the $100.!


No one has a photo of the RLB T2 in wear?

100 would of been great! The standard white ones something's even go over that and this one is an odd color but if there was green ones they would be mass produced which is odd as I haven't seen one. I'll ask someone else I know if they have seen one.

Here is what my friend had to say about the green state service.


Kyle,
I have never seen a green one in over 20 years of collecting. Not in person, not for sale, and in no period picture. They only came in yellow and white and are woven/BeVo. I have yet to see/handle a printed one that I thought was an original, period piece.



Sounds like to him it is rubbish but it would be very interesting if it was original. It could be late war if original and it seems anything went and regulation went out the window in the end.

Kyle,,
- this wasn't printed. It was embroidered exactly like the standard yellow band!
I'll see IF I can get my buddy to go over and get it or some photos.. IF it pans out I'll let you know.........

I never said anything about it being printed to him. I think it was just a but more info....

KB,,, don't remember the topic,,,but you had wanted to see an armband I have..

This is a pre war jacket from the Baltics.. The armband is a common printed B&W 'In the Service of' band. On it is a Ukrainian foreign volunteer shield. Folded up and sewn on to band. The band is attached to sleeve with sewn on snaps that go around the back half of band..
Is it good[?] , the jacket is authentic,,the band is authentic, the shield is too.
Just a cool [to me] old thing that survived the flood and I still have.

Very interesting attachment! The armband style like this did exist so no problems there. They are a but more uncommon then the ones with the I looking like a J. Thanks for showing it! Just a different way of attaching it due to probably what was around at the time where it was needed.

NSKOV....

Thats very nice well done

Thanks!

Nice addition Kyle.

--dj--Joe

A nice pair of *getting difficult to find* armbands. Both multi piece/sewn. Simple and plain.

Nice ones Mark and thanks Joe!

Transportfuehrer... unknown what branch but possibly something wehrmacht or reichsbahn related....

SU....

Any thoughts as to the different base colors of the SU soviet worker armbands?

Anything new Kyle?

--dj--Joe

No clue on the difference Joe. My guess is possibly just the extra cloth they had around or something as even the ones that are the same color, the materials are different or cheaper in quality. I actually do have this one which I have been still continuing to research more. I have gotten a reply finally from the NOID (Netherlands version of the US National Archives) and here is what they told me:

Born in Bremen on August 16, 1900. Was first commercially employed. In August 1932 he became a member of the Nazi Party, the Party in which he reached the rank of Oberbereichsleiter (circa early 1941). In the SS, he held the rank of Obersturmbannführer, according to him, this was only an honorary rank. In the NSDAP he first played a role in the National Socialist Betriebszellen Organisation (the forerunner of the German Labor Front), in 1937 he was appointed Amtsleiter the Party Chancellery in Munich. From May 1940 to September 1944 he was employed by the State Commissioner as Leiter der Hauptabteilung Organisation of Generalkommissariat besonderen zur Verwendung, also Deputy General Commissioner. He mainly had to do with labor input, the Dutch Labour Front, social legislation, Winter Aid Netherlands and Dutch People Service. During the last winter of the war, he worked as an OT Führer in reinforcements to Elten.

As far as he participation in the Dutch NSB DAF and RAD (NAF and NAD) he is some type of leader as his name has constantly popped up with leader next to his name and lots of documents on him in their archive. Before 1941's rank of Oberbereichsleiter he was a Hauptstellenleiter and I assume the Reich part is talking about the political level Reich? With the armband itself only 2 are known to me with the paper (both 2 which includes mine were from the same source) and 3 others are around without the paper. Any translation on the bottom words as google translate isn't clear. The paper states how he to not let anybody else use it and return it by thr 13th of September 1939. But Reichsparteitag 1939 never happened so he never wore the armband and all 5 would have been in storage somewhere where ever the veterans who brought back the 2 groups of them found them.










Photo of him. The caption says the middle man, but which one as there is 2 close to the middle... another armband is in the mail here but I won't post it until it arrives with my photos

That's a most interesting piece Kyle.
Printed on cotton or silk with what, Silk borders?

Thanks for sharing.

--dj--Joe

The armband itself seems to be possibly silk?? Not rough in texture and the stripes are satin, very odd materials but very fancy! Materials make sense for the short term use

Thanks Kyle,

A great piece for a dedicated collection like yours. Congrats.

--dj--Joe

Kyles:

This is a great thread, thanks for sharing.

Here are my Norwegian Nasjonal Samling armbands (the NS was Norway's equivalent to the Nazi party in Germany).

The black one is for the adult members of the Hird, or party.

The green ones were for teh youth members.

John

These are very interesting! Is there a meaning of the 2 youth armbands having different insignia? One has swords and the other doesn't. Is the sword one some kind of leader or rank?

I am sure taht someone out there will correct me if I am wrong, but the one without swords is for the youth group (NSUF Nasjoanl Samling Ungdoms Fylking) and the one with swords is for the little girls (Smahird) and male youths (Unghird).

I have shoulder patches for these groups as well.

The last one is for the Unghirdmarine, or sea youths (I guess we would call them Sea Scouts today).

John

So similar to the DJ and HJ in Germany? Either way very nice and I would assume rare pieces!

Kyles:

There were many similarities between the German and the Norwegian NS organizations.

There were equivalents to the RAD, the SS, the SA, the HJ, the women's organizations, the DLV, and on and on.

John

I mean as far as the armbands go, you said one is for younger kids like the DJ in Germany and the other is like Hitler Youth age

Kyles:

Sorry, I wasn't clear. Yes, you are correct. The Norwegians had organizations similar to DJ (Guttehird) and HJ (Unghird) and the same for female groups: small girls (Smahird), youth women (Gjentehird) and adult women (Kvinnehird).

John

Oh ok, thanks! I like learning about all the other similar parties in Europe. There is so many!

New white Reichsbahn armband....






Looks to be a very faint stamp in the correct top right....

I like that one because I like trains. Thanks for showing it.

Yep. I had an urge for a Reichsbahn armband and this one popped up so it got ride of that one for a while haha. Lots of different Reichsbahn armbands around

Hi Kyle, I'm thinking about buying a yellow armband (Deutsche Wehrmacht) with the stamp still on it. Is $87 (shipping included) a fair price or can you find them cheaper. The letters are not stamped but machine woven. Danke!

Deutsche Wehrmacht for $87..???????????? Way overpriced. These are the most common of all TR armbands, and can be bought .even on nasty Ebay for like $25.00 .

Thx Marksmilitaria!

Sorry for the later reply. The top price I would pay for one is $40, nothing more. There is thousands of these on the market just at this moment, and probably the most common armband as Mark says.

THX Kyle!

I have had one for sale for $20.00 for it seems forver, no luck.lol

I do not even bother buying any of these unless itis for $10.00 or so, lol,like 48 star USA flags, everyone has one or two, or a hundred!!

Man for $20 you should have been able to sell it quick!

It seems to be very difficult to find one at a low price! The cheapest one I could find is priced at $36 but the seller is not replying my emails... checked evil bay as well but there's just a bunch of fakes for sale and one original for 65 GBP (I think that's about $120?)

ONS Racing armband.... for a 3 day mountain race in 1936. Racer 148 as a translation for people who don't know German....

Kyle, anything new?

--dj--Joe

I would say yes, since the last post was a year ago haha.

Brown Feuerwehr armband. Not sure of the exact use. Can't find a lot of info. I suspect some type of leader or for training?

Feuerwehr from the town of Itzehoe, nice readable stamp.

3 more Feuerwehr. These 3 were found together along with probably 15 others in Germany (the brown one earlier as well was part of this group) all from the same town. too bad the stamp isn't readable.

2 different Landwacht. One's stamp is very clear and can be seen that it is from the town of Jever.

A plain blue Luftschutz. The exact use is unknown as of now.

2 Luftschutz medics. One is a leader due to the white stripes. A different variation of it is seen earlier in this thread as well. I now have 2

Luftschutz messenger...

Not 100% sure on the exact use of this one, but have been told it was for Ortsgruppe Polizei? Has an odd little number stamped on the back as well.

Deutsche Reichsbahn and Im Dienst der Deutschen Reichsbahn

Stadtwacht

2 different HilfsKrankentraeger variations.

Plain white armband. Used for many different things, like war games umpires, Luftschutz, Reichsbahn, etc.

Really cool early Frauenschaft piece.

Iceland National Party. The NS party in Iceland from 1934-1944, though it drastically went into hiding after the British invaded Iceland in 1940.

And the final armband.... A nice SA/HJ medic armband. Interesting stamping by the SA Oberst Fuhrung saying it's their property and the RZM tag.

Wow you have been busy buying some nice pieces there
well done

Thanks! Always on the hunt as long as I have the money I guess

Thanks Kyle. You are amassing quite a collection. Are the ink stamps on the reverse of the Feuerwehr the norm for these?

--dj--Joe

They are on the front, but they were exposed to bad conditions. When I got them they were covered in mud, mold, spiderwebs, etc. So the ink bled or faded badly on them probably because of that. A shame but still nice bands overall for now. I'll have to put an updated picture of the collection the collections forum soon I think. As well as some of the other branches of stuff I went into as well

Wow, some nice stuff here!

Well, here are 2 armbands I've been wanting for 30 years! I had a large item I liked but was too big to take care of. So, a big trade took place and I ended up with these. I am very happy and so is the other guy with what he got from me for sure!

Ukrainian and Galatian armbands!

Many of these were found mint unissued after the war because many never got issued. Supply problems, logistics etc. and some of us benefited from all that!

They are 'Flak Helpers' armbands. But labor/construction units wore them as well as other units.
These are rare and again I'm very happy to have them. And,,they are easy to store, take care of and make a display with..

And,,just thought I'd show this again.. Attached to a jacket with sewn snaps.. A standard band but with what appears to be a printed Ukrainian arm shield sewn on it..

Wow! You did end up getting those, G!! Nice, man!!

They are very nice indeed

Mike,,it took some heavy horse trading! He got a really nice piece for them. Glad he got it at least it was for his personal collection.
The armbands,,like I said, Always wanted them,,they are small, easy to take care of, easy to display, and easy to transport..
My last 2 dream items are ,,the 14th SS collar tab,,and arm shield. 2 tough to get and expensive pieces!

Ukranian... The rampant lion.., I have seen for sale before, arm shield too.., I think from an old collection, and yes they were very pricey... Very rare, loads of fakes. Tough to find buddy!!

I was wondering who got these. Glad you got them! Really nice examples. I have to post some pics of new armbands I've gotten since last posting here soon

Well I now have my very first armband- so something to post at least! Going to go along with the beginnings of a volunteer display, largely foreign/eastern... And no I have never even owned a regular party armband or anything-- although the very first piece of tr I ever saw was a silk party armband my fathers uncle brought back from Europe- it was in bad shape and my dad asked me what I thought about it... And I said "it's awesome! Do u have one of those hats with a point too??" (He didn't...anyway here's the armband-

clean Byz! Is it stiff or silky?

More soft than anything else- not stiff

Finally gotten to adding pics of new bands since the last post of mine here.

More

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Very interesting pieces- SD helper? In green - what were these folks?

Kyle you have been busy collecting these
nice selection

yeah man you really have been busy! Some very nice bands you picked up.. How many do you have in your collection as of now?

Which green one? The white words or the black ones?

Thanks guys! I have 1 more on the way still which is a really interesting one. Won't say what it is until it arrives to make it a surprise haha.

Gaspare, I think I have about 66 including the one on the way since there are a few that are pretty rough that I need to get new examples of eventually that aren't shown here. Getting closer and closer to the 100 mark!

Green with white words

Those guys were basically predecessors of the Luftschutzpolizei, which were in charge of firefighting and rubble clearing in the major cities in case of air raids. They were replaced in 1942 when the organization couldn't keep up with their use and were merged with the Luftschutz.

There is a whole series of ranks, but the organization wasn't too large and didn't last long so anything higher up than the standard member armband is next to impossible to find, though there is a lot of period photos of them in wear for some reason. Here is the chart

Armband for a press worker for some event.

Kyle, nice additions. Thanks.

I read that there are period catalog references of printed HJ armbands.

Have you knowledge of such information?

--dj--Joe

Gotta add a few bands to here again.

Printed HJ armbands did exist, however they are early production run pieces. They were banned from use later on if I remember correctly. So the one you attached with a later stamp, inside even (usually is a bad sign, some exceptions however), wouldn't make sense to me.

I know, hard to tell when the stamp was added. Can't make it out either. This one has been sized down at some time in it's life then the threads removed. So it has the appearance of having been used. I'll continue to keep it on faith.
Who can say what or when an item was used or reissued? I've seen pictures of home guard wearing DJ buckles.

Looking forward to seeing what you have new.

--dj--Joe

Anything new?

--dj--Joe