Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten, commonly known as Der Stahlhelm, was a revanchist ex-serviceman's association formed in Germany after the First World War. The group claimed inspiration from Ita
Franz Seldte in 1933
Der Stahlhelm propaganda car in Berlin promoting DNVP nominee Theodor Duesterberg for president of the German Reich in the 1932 election
Der Stahlhelm in uniform, c. 1934
Rank insignia, 1933
The Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold was an organization in Germany during the Weimar Republic with the goal to defend German parliamentary democracy against internal subversion and extremism from the le
Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten
…the SA attempted to disarm Stahlhelm members in Braunschweig, who under the command of Werner Schrader had forged an alliance with scattered republican Reichsbanner forces. The violent incident initiated by Nazi Minister Dietrich Klagges and later called Der Stahlhelm Putsch was characteristic of the pressure applied…
Weimar Coalition poster from the December 1924 German federal election
Meeting in 1929
Reichsbanner marching, 1928
Reichsbanner marching 1930