German Werkluftschutz Special Function Crowd Control Leader Armband

Woven, blue cotton construction, with machine woven, white chain stitched O on the obverse. White boarder sewn at top and bottom indicating a leader’s armband. The ends of the armband sewn together on the reverse, 105 mm x 190 mm, very fine. Does not glow under black-light inspection.

The RLB was organized by Hermann Göring in 1933 as a voluntary association. Existing volunteer air raid precaution associations were forced to merge with RLB. In 1939 the RLB became a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization), while in 1944 it became an affiliated organization of the Nazi Party. RLB was dissolved by the Allied Powers after the end of World War II. Its successor in the Federal Republic of Germany was the Bundesverband für den Selbstschutz.