Germany - Third Reich: Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB) National Air Raid Protection League - Luftschutz Model 1943 Cap Eagle, bevo weave form, uncut.
Condition: in uncut state, Excellent Condition.
The RLB was organised by Hermann Göring in 1933 as a voluntary association. Existing volunteer air raid precaution associations were forced to merge with RLB. In 1939 the RLB became a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation), known solely as the Luftschutz, while in 1944 it became an affiliated organisation of the Nazi Party. RLB was dissolved by the Allied Powers after the end of World War II. Its successor in the Federal Republic of Germany was the Bundesverband für den Selbstschutz.
The RLB was in charge of educating and training ordinary German men and women in civil defence procedures necessary for the basic level of local self-help of the civil population against air raids. The local level was formed around air raid wardens and operated in small first intervention squads. The training include fire fighting, protection against chemical weapons, communication procedures and preparation of houses and apartments against air raids.
