Germany, Freikorps. A Bavarian Einwohnerwehr Munich District Member’s Armband, with Rehse Archive Mark Hold many supplemented by black-and-white photographs

many supplemented by black-and-white photographs of Red Army personnel fraternizing with German forces subsequent to surrender

Each shoulder is adorned with a board constructed of cardboard-reinforced golden-yellow wool

consisting of an enameled white Latin Cross

constructed of a dark grey wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Freikorps. A Bavarian Einwohnerwehr Munich District Member’s Armband, with Rehse Archive Mark Hold many supplemented by black-and-white photographs(Einwohnerwehr Mnchen Armbinde mit rmelabzeichen, 2. Form). Constructed of white cotton, the exterior dyed in a class Bavarian Einwohnerwehr (Citizens Defence) white and light blue motif, embroidered with a zink alloy Munich district shield measuring 50 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), the exterior notably bearing a stamped reading F. J. M. REHSE, MNCHEN, indicating that the armband was once held within the collection of F. J. M. Rehse Archiv fr Zeitgeschichte und