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Reichsluftschutzbund RLB

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Post by Runar » 05 Jan 2005, 18:19

Hello.

Does anyone have any pictures of members of the RLB in uniform?

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RLB Berlin

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Post by Georges JEROME » 08 Jan 2005, 23:43

RLB.Landesgruppe Berlin during a social occasion 1935
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Post by Runar » 09 Jan 2005, 19:05

Thank you!

Very nice picture!

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Re: ReichsLuftschutzBund RLB

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Post by Heimatschuss » 13 Feb 2009, 17:39

Hello,

here's one I got recently.
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Post by Heimatschuss » 13 Feb 2009, 17:47

Some magnifications:

On the left some officers, the other men have ranks ranging from Luftschutz-Truppmann to Luftschutz-Obertruppführer.

A similar photo of RLB females can be found at http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 3&start=34

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Re: ReichsLuftschutzBund RLB

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Post by Dieter Zinke » 13 Feb 2009, 18:18

Please see also here for pics:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... e#p1185185

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Werkluftschutz Sachsen

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Post by HPL2008 » 15 Feb 2009, 13:36

The photograph posted by Heimatschuss is great; but allow me to point out that these are actually not members of the Reichsluftschutzbund.

They are, however, indeed part of the wartime air raid protection system. What we have here (as well as in the other thread with the mixed male/female group) are personnel of the Werkluftschutz of Gau Sachsen. (= factory air raid protection service in the Gau of Saxony.)

We can tell that they are WLS personnel from the cap badge worn by the officer on the far left as well as from the special WLS collar patches. The distinctive triangular sleeve insigne for WLS personnel in Saxony is also worn by some of the men.

Rank insignia visible in this photograph are for the ranks:
WLS-Mann (blank collar patch)
WLS-Vormann ("L"-shaped lace)
WLS-Truppführer ("L"-shaped lace + 1 rank pip)
WLS-Obertruppführer ("L"-shaped lace + 2 rank pips)


Here is an example of the WLS Saxony sleeve insigne:
http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Politica ... 07555.html

Some more WLS related photos can be found here (login required to view images):
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/ ... hp?t=92482
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/ ... p?t=206762

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Re: ReichsLuftschutzBund RLB

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Post by Heimatschuss » 17 Feb 2009, 22:05

Fascinating,

I thought I had found something a bit rare and now I learn that it's even much rarer than assumed.
Many thanks, HPL2008!

I had never heard of this Werkluftschutz Sachsen before. Obviously their collar patches and the eagle were inspired by the insignia of the Reichsluftschutzbund providing some base for confusion.

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Post by Heimatschuss » 29 Oct 2009, 00:41

Hello,

here are two shots of a 1940 RLB man from Passau (Lower Bavaria) I found in the archive of the former Maurer photo studio. The downloadable originals are somewhat larger than here.

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Top photo: http://www.rotel.de/maurer/photo/photo. ... um=HM06262
Bottom photo: http://www.rotel.de/maurer/photo/photo. ... um=HM06263

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Re: Reichsluftschutzbund RLB

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Post by HPL2008 » 29 Oct 2009, 20:30

Nice images. And thanks for that brilliant link! I see that there are a lot more excellent portraits to be discovered in that gallery...

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Re: Reichsluftschutzbund RLB

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Post by Heimatschuss » 30 Oct 2009, 19:33

Hello,
HPL2008 wrote:Nice images. And thanks for that brilliant link! I see that there are a lot more excellent portraits to be discovered in that gallery...
yes it's a great source for uniform pictures (Police, Zollgrenzschutz, 2 x DKiG, RADwJ, Merchant Navy and much more). I've spent several evenings going through the 20.000 or so photos year by year but it was worth it.

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Re: Reichsluftschutzbund RLB

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Post by Heimatschuss » 12 Mar 2011, 10:54

Hi,

here are two more RLB portraits showing one of their officers.

Source: http://www.ebay.de auction no. 370408648209
Vendor: hansalinie_A7
Date: 14 Jul 2010 18:13:17 hrs CEST

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Re: Reichsluftschutzbund RLB

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Post by Halfdan S. » 12 Mar 2011, 23:32

Had the Reichsluftschutzbund on my to do list for some time, since I've found that it apparently was transfered to the NSDAP in 1944 - at least that is according to Wikipedia (not always the most reliable source :-) - here's the link: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsluftschutzbund

Anyone know in which way the RLB was attached to the NSDAP? As a "betreute Organisation"? And who was it's President(s) after von Schröder and von Roques? I'd also be interested in the name of eventuel Vizepresidents if there were such a position?

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Re: Reichsluftschutzbund RLB

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Post by Igor Karpov » 14 Mar 2011, 09:36

Halfdan S. wrote:Anyone know in which way the RLB was attached to the NSDAP? As a "betreute Organisation"? And who was it's President(s) after von Schröder and von Roques? I'd also be interested in the name of eventuel Vizepresidents if there were such a position?

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Schröder was appointed in 1939, and as far as I know he was the last Präsident.

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Post by Halfdan S. » 14 Mar 2011, 11:37

Cheers Igor. You might be right, again I only have Wikipedia, that states that Schröder only was president until May 30, 1941: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RLB-Pr%C3%A4sident

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