NSDAP EM/NCO Armband with Der Stalhelm stamp?

[RTH]

Good evening everyone,

This armband is coming up for auction soon with Ratisbon's, and I am wondering if someone could please tell me whether it is a good one or not. To me it looks like a standard 3 piece construction one but what concerns me is the faint stamp in the bottom right hand corner. It appears to be a stamp for the organisation 'Der Stalhelm' which I understand was a veteran's organisation for those who fought in WW1. It's just that I have never seen such a stamp on an armband before. Another thing I was curious about was the description that it was an armband for EM/NCOs. I personally didn't know that there was a distinction with the armbands and just understood that the plain armband without any gold gilding indicated any low level member of the NSDAP or some of the leaders who didn't wear ornamented kampbindes as they didn't officially have a rank as such in the party.

As always, I would be grateful for any opinions.

Many thanks
RTH

[Adrian Stevenson]

Not one I would buy.

[ATK]

Seems odd to me, I would not buy either.

[RTH]

Thank you very much

RTH

[RTH]

This one for sale as well at Ratisbon's. From a little research I have done this is a fantasy piece?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Never seen anything like this before?

[RTH]

Ah okay, that's what I thought after looking at this website: Armband Identification Gallery. It's a shame Ratisbon's don't vet all the auction items before, but I suppose that would be a lot of work.

Many thanks