Germany, NSDAP. An Orts-Level Hauptstellenleiter’s Brownshirt

(NSDAP Braunhemd). A very well-preserved NSDAP Orts-Level Hauptstellenleiter’s brownshirt, constructed of light brown cotton twill. The shirt features an integrated collar, fully trimmed with blue piping. It is also flanked on each side by tabs constructed of brown wool with buckram cores, trimmed with blue piping, and bear dual L-shaped silver aluminum wire tresses bearing mobile swastika patterns. The cuff of each sleeve is rolled up to a depth of 75 mm and secured in place by dual polished magnetic metal buttons set through a reinforced buttonhole. Each breast flap features a pocket, opening with a reinforced horizontal flap and reinforced buttonhole meeting a magnetic metal button, with the latter bearing raised NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a swastika. The shirt closes with three buttons of identical construction on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap, as well as with small brown bakelite buttons at the top and bottom, similarly meeting reinforced buttonholes. The breast flap buttons are each maker marked on the reverse with the logo of F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid. The exterior features complete with five pebbled and gilded bronze belt hooks, each marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M5/111” for Gustav Cordt, Lüdenscheid. The interior presents plain with the exception of a partial white cotton liner set around the shoulders and belt. Unmarked, the shirt measures 460 mm across the shoulders, with an arm length of 565 mm and an overall body length of 485 mm. It also includes a period original tie, constructed of light brown rayon. Some issues consistent with age and use are evident, including mothing to the collar tabs, material fatigue to the cotton, and some tearing and soiling of the interior liner. The shirt is in an overall better than very fine condition.