NSDAP Funeral/mouring armband?

[NDShooter]

I've seen these for sale around the net and have always wondered. Who made these? Are there any photographs of them being worn? Inspected by the Reichszeugmeisterei?

If so, is this item original?

[BOB COLEMAN]

The item appears to be an original kampfbinde just from the pictures. I am always a little leery about an item that has not been seen until recently. Possibly another member knows more. The question is when was the black cloth applied. An in hand examination might tell more. I did see a very convincing fake political wool armband at the SOS in 2009. A good friend who is a NSDAP specialist brought the piece and later returned it after a close examination after it failed the black light test.

[talltom]

its odd because it looks good but there don't seem to be any pictures to show it in use. the only one i found was them with a all black armband can't quite see on the picture above (picture was taken in 1936 when a german embassidor died in england)

tom

[joshrommel]

I have a picture of them bing worn it was early when they wore these it appears from the photo an appears to be involved in injury or death

[HPL2008]

Wearing a black mourning band [Trauerflor] on the left upper sleeve over the Swastika brassard was a standard, regulation practice.

There are numerous photographs of this*, many from the period of national mourning following the death of von Hindenburg.

However, the mourning bands were normally just put on and taken off as needed. A special mourning brassard with a permanently affixed black ribbon is rather odd.

*) A few examples are here:
Black band around SS Armband?