Kampfzeit Collection

[stonemint]

Another fantastic thread. Amazing these items survived the Third Reich, let alone to today.

[eurocentric]

Wonderful collection!!!! Not seen very often.
My grandfather told me, he did not like the socialist organisations when he was a kid, because they used these ugly sounding shalms (the multiple horned wind instruments) on their demonstrations and deployments ;-) His father was a labour union leader in the 20s in the Ruhr area, but his kids loved the other side much better...

[pjm]

Here's a view of the Schalmei mentioned. I've never heard it...always tried to find a 78rpm RFB record but never did. I'm sure a recording is now available on line somewhere.

Erich Honecker was a member of a Schalmeien-kapelle and seen here.