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Here we have something truly special. This is an early SA Motor Korps brown shirt which essentially was the precuroso to the NSKK organization. The candy cane striped piping is for the Hochland, Bayerische-Ostmark regions. Additionally, there is a period whistle mounted on a piece of original alternating cord that matches the piping on the collar. What makes this really something is the fact that there is an old-fighter’s chevron sewn to the sleeve. Complete with the NSDAP armband with an early SA Motor Korps sleeve diamond underneath that. The belt & buckle, cross strap, and dagger are for photographic purposes only and are not included in this listing, only the shirt 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 The SA continued to exist, but was effectively superseded by the SS, although the paramilitary forces were not formally dissolved until after Nazi Germany’s final capitulation to the Allies in 1945.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!
