Description
Here’s your chance to own a beautiful and rare example of a SA tunic. The collar tabs are hand sewn to the collar. Complete with the shoulder boards. Printed earlier style NSDAP armband, which is not stitched to the jacket itself. Nicely worn buttons. Outstanding SA whistle attached to the right upper pocket. Size marked on the interior lining and complete with an RZM tag. The belt, cross strap, and dagger are for photographic purposes only and are not included in this listing, only the jacket and the insignia sewn to it are included. Click HERE to view more images of this item! The Sturmabteilung was the Nazi Party’s original paramilitary wing. It played a significant role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s. Its primary purposes were providing protection for Nazi rallies and assemblies, disrupting the meetings of opposing parties, fighting against the paramilitary units of the opposing parties, especially the Rotfrontkämpferbund of the Communist Party of Germany, and intimidating Romani, trade unionists, and, especially, Jews. The SA were also called the Brownshirts, from the color of their uniform shirts. Brown-colored shirts were chosen as the SA uniform because a large number of them were cheaply available after World War I, having originally been ordered during the war for colonial troops posted to Germany’s former African colonies. After The Night of the Long Knives in 1934, Hitler withdrew support from the SA. The SA continued to exist, but was effectively superseded by the SS, although the paramilitary forces were not formally dissolved until after Nazi Germany’s final capitulation to the Allies in 1945. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
