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Here is your chance to pick up a really nice Red Cross Leader’s dagger. This example has minor spotting to the blade as can be seen in the photos. The fittings overall are in excellent condition. The pommel nut has never been twisted or messed with, which is very uncommon to find on these daggers. Nice red-orange colored handle. Just beautiful overall and complete with the period hangers. I typically don’t sell daggers with the hangers but considering this set is covered in the identical nicotine patina it is clear these have always been together. Click HERE to view more images of this item! The Treaty of Versailles stated that the Red Cross had no involvement in military matters, but in April 1933, the Nazi Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick made it clear to Winterfeldt-Mencken, then leader of the German Red Cross, that the DRK would be expected to play its part in supporting the armed forces in any future conflict. In the years after the Nazi takeover, as well as adopting Nazi salutes and symbols, the DRK introduced Nazi ideology into their education. Rescue teams were trained in military conduct, basic concepts of National Socialism, genetics, racial hygiene and demographic policy. More senior staff – doctors, nurses and managers were educated in demographic policy, racial history, racial hygiene, the biology of inheritance and the foundations of genetics. As a preparation for war, the DRK focused on training people to deal with air raids and gas attacks and organised joint exercises with the police and the fire brigades. After 1938 the Red Cross would fall under the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
