Böhmen-Mähren March Armband

Joe B

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I know that some of you remember this photo of an unusual HJ March armband a year ago . I found what might be the only surviving example of the armband last week on ebay . The armband says Grossfahrt Bohman-Mahren above a red "V" then below that Gebiet Mittelelbe (23) and below that 1941 .
It has been cut down and glued inside a photo album along with a few other strange looking march armbands . By the way .... I won this auction . I am sorry now that I did not win the photo album last year that showed the photos of it being worn . I copied the period photos at the time the auction was posted on Ebay 18 months ago .
I will post better photos when this great item arrives .

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Very cool item Joe! I really like these odd HJ insignia items. Congrats on the win, I bet most did not even notice this or give it a second look.
 
Great buy Joe, the photos above were original photo negatives which I sold on e-bay (I know I should have sold them on here to you guys, sorry), if any consolation I have around another 50 negatives of this March and parade some of them showing the Hj and Party leaders wearing these armbands. If you want I will post them on this thread and you can grab scans of them, Hope that's OK,
Edd
 
Here's some photos as promised from the Böhmen-Mähren March, with the general assembly in Prague. It would be interesting if anyone can identify any of the people on the podium,
Edd

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No Problem, Garry only to pleased to share these images with everyone. Here's a few more

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For some reason or another , it took a month for the photo album to get to me from Germany , The album contains 3 different March armbands for 1938 , 1939 and 1941 . They are all of printed patterns . Unfortunatly The original owner used sticky tape to cover the lettering and to stick the armbands to the album . I have managed to remove the tape with minimal damage . Also there are aprox 10 pages that are missing from this album as they were torn out . Most of the photos in the album are scenic views of what the boys saw while on the marches . One photo shows the HJ boy wearing one of the March armbands for the March of 1938 . Regardless of the misshaps , I am totally thrilled with what this album contains . I will be out for the next 5 hours , but apon my return , I will post photos of the album .
 
Here you go , starting with the first armband from 1938 .

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The second armband from the March of 1939 .

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...and the third March armband from 1941 , unfortunatley the photoalbum had aprox 10 pages torn out of it and this armband was affixed to the back cover . I asume that there might have been a drawing and explanation about the event that merited the wearing of this armband . But I will take it as is ... in the cut down condition .

I have never seen in my 37 years of collecting , March event armbands before , I am sure they are very scarce . Unless I can be proven wrong .. I will say that the Bohmen Mahren armband might be the sole surviving example ( I hope I will be proven wrong) It is really cool that another member from this forum had photos showing its documented existence .


I hope everyone has enjoyed this thread , it was a real pleasure sharing with you all . There are more photos , but the rest are all scenec views .

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