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A 1935 Stahlhelm Commencement of Duty Badge Document to Alfons Endres

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A 1935 Stahlhelm Commencement of Duty Badge Document to Alfons Endres

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A 1935 Stahlhelm Commencement of Duty Badge Document to Alfons Endres

A certificate, measuring 238x314mm, with hanger, very fine condition with several minor tears and one substantial rip along the folding crease. Alfons Endres is awarded the Commencement of DutyBadge of the “Stahlhelm”, Bund der Frontsoldaten (Steel Helmet, League of Front Soldiers, Stahlhelm for short). Endres joined in 1922. The document is dated to Berlin on January 14, 1935. It carries a facsimile of the founder, Franz Seldte (1882–1947), and another facsimile of the national treasurer, Theodor Gruß.

The reverse holds official information regarding the award.

Footnote: The “Stahlhelm” was a paramilitary organization founded in 1918. It attracted former soldiers from the First War whose financial situation was unstable and who rejected the new democracy of the Weimar Republic. Because of its fundamentally monarchist character, the “Stahlhelm” was distrusted after Hitler’s rise to power. It was urged to merge with the SA, which largely happened in 1934. The remaining organization was finally outlawed by Hitler in 1935.