BACKGROUND: The RBA, "Reichsbetriebszellenabteilung" (National-factory-cells-department), was founded in January of 1931 and was renamed the NSBO, "Nationalsozialische Betriebszellen Organization" (National-socialist Industrial-cells Organization), in March of that year. This organization acted as the NSDAP’s alternative to labor unions and communist worker groups in industrial factories. Officially a national organization, the NSBO was concentrated in the heavy industrial centers, with very little representation outside these areas. The NSBO was absorbed into the DAF in October of 1934, and ceased to exist in March of 1935.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A 14 1/4" x 3 1/2" white cotton armband, upon which is printed, in black, Gothic script, "Ordner" (Organizer or Monitor). To both the upper right and the lower left of the script may be seen circular, red ink stamps, within each of which are the NSBO emblem of, to the right, a disembodied hand holding upright a hammer with a static swastika to its head, with a partial cogged wheel proceeding to the left, and "N.S.B.O." beneath. Encircling each emblem is "National=Soz. Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" and an indiscernible location. The armband’s vertical seam is to its reverse. Light to moderate age soiling is evident throughout.

GRADE ***1/2                             PRICE $132.00