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title: Die neue Volkssturmarmbinde (PK-H 6365)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/neue-volkssturmarmbinde-1944/
description: A man in a leather coat, felt hat and scarf stands with a rifle on his shoulder, looking off-frame; his sleeve carries an armband with an eagle and the…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Wartime press photograph of a man with a rifle wearing a Volkssturm armband bearing the Nazi eagle. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Die neue Volkssturmarmbinde (PK-H 6365)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/neue-volkssturmarmbinde-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/neue-volkssturmarmbinde-1944.jpg)

# Die neue Volkssturmarmbinde (PK-H 6365)

A man in a leather coat, felt hat and scarf stands with a rifle on his shoulder, looking off-frame; his sleeve carries an armband with an eagle and the partly visible words 'Deutscher ...' and 'Wehr...'. The press caption presents the armband as a replacement for improvised bands.

## Text on the object

Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DEUTSCHER [...]
WEHR[...]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
GERMAN [...]
ARMED [...]
```

The armband wraps around the arm; the rest of the wording is cut off and not legible.

[← 'Beware of the Triple Threat!!!' leaflet for American troops on Mindoro (1944-45)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/beware-triple-threat-mindoro-leaflet-1944/) [U.S. soldier steps from defeated Germany to Japan (PWB propaganda sheet) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/allied-might-germany-to-japan-propaganda-sheet-1945/)

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