Legion Condor & Red Cross armbands

**Obal7** · 07-04-2016, 10:37 PM

Interesting. Thanks.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 07-04-2016 10:37 PM

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**BOB COLEMAN** · 07-05-2016, 01:00 AM

by petertosh

Hello the armbands are fake im sure of it but there was a red cross armband with a swastika i have seen them in many original pictures

I would like to see one as I have never encountered one I deemed genuine.

**petertosh** · 07-05-2016, 07:39 PM

Hi there Bob in this ancient pictures 1939 they have similar armbands

**petertosh** · 07-05-2016, 07:45 PM

there is only one problem the swastica was not factory made it was made in home best regards

**BOB COLEMAN** · 07-06-2016, 01:11 AM

I don't see a swastika on the Red Cross. The individuals appear to be wearing the standard Red Cross armband

**Aldo** · 08-12-2017, 08:12 PM

My son saw this while on vacation and thought of me and luckily decided to send me a pic before buying it. Having never seen or heard of one I told him it was probably fake but I came to the definitive source , War Relics Forum for confirmation and put any doubt to rest. Thank you !

**Adrian Stevenson** · 08-13-2017, 07:26 AM

Fantasy item as far as I know.

Cheers, Ade.

**HPL2008** · 08-13-2017, 09:28 AM

As Ade and others said, fantasy. What would be the purpose of an Legion Condor armband anyway? While on deployment to Spain, LC personnel wore Spanish badges and insignia (and were in fact officially discharged from the Wehrmacht for the duration of their service with the Legion, which was, of course, a pure technicality and legal maneuver) and changed back into their regular German military uniforms upon their return to Germany.

**KMMorris** · 08-13-2017, 10:13 AM

by BOB COLEMAN

I don't see a swastika on the Red Cross. The individuals appear to be wearing the standard Red Cross armband

I agree with Bob, I have never seen an original armband with swastica. What is pictured in those photos are standard Red Cross armbands. Its a big call to say "it was made in home" with no evidence really, there is no reason why a DRK armband would a swastica directly on it.
Morris

**HPL2008** · 08-13-2017, 10:22 AM

by KMMorris

I agree with Bob, I have never seen an original armband with swastica. What is pictured in those photos are standard Red Cross armbands. Its a big call to say "it was made in home" with no evidence really, there is no reason why a DRK armband would a swastica directly on it.
Morris

Come to think of it, it was an even bigger call to claim to have seen such armbands "in many original pictures" and than being only able to produce two pictures that don't show them.