Germany, Third Reich. An Air Raid Protection Officer’s Armband, First Pattern visually-hidden Wiedmann - magnetic core

Wiedmann - magnetic core

The targets were clay discs (Luftscheiben)

the reverse presenting a university building

A 1943 Tirol-Innsbruck Shooter’s League Membership Badge

Hermengildo Order

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Raid Protection Officer’s Armband, First Pattern visually-hidden Wiedmann - magnetic core(Reichsluftschutzbund Armband). Constructed of navy blue cotton rayon blended fabric with a white machine embroidered RLB insignia on the obverse, the top and bottom decorated with a strip of silver aluminum bullion tresse, with Ges. Gesch. embroidered to the reverse of the armband, measuring 180 mm (w) x 100 mm (l), in near very fine condition.