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Plate 27 – Uniforms of the German Labour Front (German: Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF)

• NSBO-Mann
  • The National Socialist Factory Cell Organization (German: Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation, NSBO) was a workers organization in Nazi Germany. More organized and better represented at national level, the DAF ended up absorbing the NSBO in 1935.
• Factory Brigade member (Werkschar-Mann)

The German Labour Front was the labour organisation under the Nazi Party which replaced the various independent trade unions in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler. The two main components of the DAF were Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation (NSBO; National Socialist Factory Organization) and Nationalsozialistische Handels- und Gewerbeorganisation (NSHAGO; National Socialist Trade and Industry Organization). Sub-organisations were Kraft durch Freude (KdF; Strength through Joy) and Schönheit der Arbeit (SdA; Beauty of Labour) etc.

In November 1933 dark blue uniforms and emblems were provided for all members of the Labour Front which had to be obtained at the expense of the members. Rank was indicated by a series of arm chevrons; silver for lower rank and gold for senior positions (see "NSDAP organizations Collar Tab and Shoulder Board Identification Guide" at www.germandaggers.com). Four colours were adopted to indicate various State levels for the DAF Werkscharführer; yellow for DAF Oberst-Werkscharführer; red for DAF Gau-Werkscharführer, black for DAF Kreis-Werkscharführer and light blue for DAF Haupt-Werkscharführer and Werkscharführer. These four colours were used as piping to the shoulder straps and for the coloured lanyards worn on the uniform.

• The DAF emblem depicted a swastika within the centre of a 14-cog wheel

The National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP) was a far-right, nationalist, antisemitic and anti-Marxist political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. The Nazi Party command structure was divided into the general membership (Parteimitglieder), the political leadership corps (Politische Leiter), the upper command levels encompassed by the Gauleiter and Reichsleiter, and the position of Führer held by Adolf Hitler as supreme leader. Ranks of the Nazi Party were paramilitary titles. All political leaders wore official uniforms, while regular party members wore civilian clothing with a standard party badge. The uniforms, ranks and insignia of the Nazi party and its sub-organizations – Sturmabteilung (SA), Schutzstaffel (SS), Hitler Youth, etc. – underwent several changes.

Page from Organisationsbuch der NSDAP:

• Issued by the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Reichsorganisationsamt (The National Organization Office of the National Socialist German Workers' Party) under its leader Robert Ley (1890–1945, Reichsorganisationsleiter, head of the party organization).
• Published by Zentralverlag der NSDAP/Franz Eher Nachfolger in Munich, Germany.
• German language.
• Fraktur style letters.
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