Thanks for posting, Maiko. Now we can see the banner clearly.
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The letter "W" below the eagle stands for "Wach-" (Wach-Standarte, Wach-Regiment, Wach-Bataillon), meaning "guard" (this SA-Standarte was indeed a Wachstandarte, i.e. guard regiment).
Remember Tumforde's 1936 Grammophon records with political songs ("Der Führer ruft" and others)? There's the same letter appearing on some of the record labels, indicating the choir's unit: "Sturmbann I/W" - which means "I. Sturmbann der Wachstandarte" (at the time, July 1936, the Wachstandarte was called "Stabschef"; it was renamed "Feldherrnhalle" a couple of months later).
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Note that this Sturmbann (battalion) was actually stationed in Gütergotz (in 1937 renamed Güterfelde), not Jüterbog (it's a mistake).
Correct credits, from a
Grammophon catalog:
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Here's also an example of regimental band credits on a Grammophon record label (1937), after the renaming of the unit to "Feldherrnhalle".
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(Notice the wrong spelling with an extra "t": Wach
tstandarte.)
Cheers,
Ivan
