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

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.

Date: December 1944
Period: Second World War
Made by: NSDAP / Deutscher Volkssturm, Reich propaganda press photograph
Region: Western and Central Europe
Country: Nazi Germany
Medium: Photograph
Issuer type: Party
Regime: Nazi Germany
Leader: Adolf Hitler
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes: War and the military, Home front
Event: Volkssturm
Techniques: Plain folks
Regime: Nazi Germany
Leader: Adolf Hitler
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Wikimedia Commons (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1976-143-17), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (German Federal Archives), as stated on the Commons file page
Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1976-143-17 / Wauer / CC-BY-SA 3.0