National Air Defense League armband with a swastika on a blue field
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Armbands
- Object Type
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Armbands (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Bechtler
This armband was issued to ordinary members of the Reichsluftschutzbund [National Air Defense League].
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