Germany, Freikorps. A Bavarian Einwohnerwehr Munich District Member’s Armband, with Rehse Archive Mark Hold and black iron cross

and black iron cross

with eight visible rivets holding obverse features in place

many supplemented by black-and-white photographs of Red Army personnel fraternizing with German forces subsequent to surrender

constructed of a dark grey wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

the exterior bearing a black machine-embroidered inscription of “DEUTSCHE WEHRMACHT” in Fraktur script

Germany, Freikorps. A Bavarian Einwohnerwehr Munich District Member’s Armband, with Rehse Archive Mark Hold and black iron cross(Einwohnerwehr Mnchen Armbinde mit rmelabzeichen, 2. Form). Constructed of white cotton, the exterior dyed in a class Bavarian Einwohnerwehr (Citizens Defence) white and light blue motif, embroidered with a zink alloy Munich district shield measuring 50 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), the exterior notably bearing a stamped reading F. J. M. REHSE, MNCHEN, indicating that the armband was once held within the collection of F. J. M. Rehse Archiv fr Zeitgeschichte und