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Deutsch: Abzeichen des Wehrverbandes Wehrwolf (1923–1933)
  • Der Wehrwolf. Bund deutscher Männer und Frontkrieger war ein nationalistischer und republikfeindlicher, paramilitärischer Wehrverband in der Weimarer Republik. Er bestand vorwiegend aus Freikorps-Mitgliedern und Offizieren niederer Dienstgrade. Zu seinen Hochzeiten von 1924 bis 1929 hatte er etwa 30.000 bis 40.000 Mitglieder.
  • Mitgliedsabzeichen ehemaliger Frontkämpfer; Zivilabzeichen; Freikorps Halle; Zwischenkriegszeit; Totenkopf, usw.
  • (Nicht Werwolf, die Terrororganisation vom Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs)
English: Member badge of the Wehrwolf. Bund deutscher Männer und Frontkrieger
  • The Nazi Occult by Kenneth Hite: The Wehrwolf. Bund deutscher Männer und Frontkrieger ("Werewolf League of German Men and Front Soldier") was a völkisch militia of the Weimar era, founded in Halle in response to the Allied occupation of the Ruhr in January 1923. By the end of the year, it had over 1,000 members; by 1930, there were 50,000 ‘werewolves’, mostly in Thuringia, Saxony, and Hesse, including a large youth division.
  • Not badge of the secret Operation Werewolf of Nazi Germany, a plan and guerilla force 1944-1946 for resistance behind enemy lines before and after German capitualtion in World War 2.
    • The Nazi Occult by Kenneth Hite: As part of his policy of misdirection, Otto Skorzeny used the badge of the Weimar-era Wehrwolf Bund for some of his Werwolf fighters. This applique skull and crossbones features a scarlet W, a popular symbol for Werwolf protest graffiti, along with the Wolfsangel (wolf-hook) resembling a narrow, backward letter “Z.”

From the exhibitions at Lofoten World War 2 Memorial Museum (Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway

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  • Abzeichen des Wehrverbandes Wehrwolf (1923–1933) (nicht NS-Organisation Werwolf)
    Abzeichen des Wehrverbandes Wehrwolf (1923–1933) (nicht NS-Organisation Werwolf)
  • Abzeichen des Wehrverbandes Wehrwolf (1923–1933) (nicht NS-Organisation Werwolf)
    Abzeichen des Wehrverbandes Wehrwolf (1923–1933) (nicht NS-Organisation Werwolf)

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