Some of you may remember a previous discussion about whether the manufacture of DJ fanfare banners was controlled by the RZM. None of us had any concrete evidence for or against at the time. I've since found information on this in a Reichsbefehl RJF:
effective from the 30th of July 1937 an RJF Reichsbefehl (28/II) states that all DJ fanfare banners were to be issued with the rune applied to one side of the banner only and that the receiving units were to apply their own designs to the other. These designs were subject to approval in advance at Gebiet level.
That order explains two things really. Firstly it explains why we sometimes see single sided DJ fanfare banners and secondly it proves that the RZM had control of production prior to July 1937.
Landjahr:
The green Landjahr trumpet banners were discontinued in 1940 and Landjahr units were instructed to replace them with single-sided but otherwise standard HJ trumpet banners with the stipulation that the receiving unit apply a county/city/town crest to the other side. So, if you see one of those it may well be a post-1940 Landjahr trumpet banner. Someone on the forum has a nice Westfalen I think.
effective from the 30th of July 1937 an RJF Reichsbefehl (28/II) states that all DJ fanfare banners were to be issued with the rune applied to one side of the banner only and that the receiving units were to apply their own designs to the other. These designs were subject to approval in advance at Gebiet level.
That order explains two things really. Firstly it explains why we sometimes see single sided DJ fanfare banners and secondly it proves that the RZM had control of production prior to July 1937.
Landjahr:
The green Landjahr trumpet banners were discontinued in 1940 and Landjahr units were instructed to replace them with single-sided but otherwise standard HJ trumpet banners with the stipulation that the receiving unit apply a county/city/town crest to the other side. So, if you see one of those it may well be a post-1940 Landjahr trumpet banner. Someone on the forum has a nice Westfalen I think.
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