• Photo with a Wehrwolf Wehrverband badge, 1923–1933
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Portrait photo of a civilian man wearing a Weimar Republic 'Wehrwolf' paramilitary association badge on the jacket lapel, 1923–1933.
The enamel badge depicts a white skull and the letter 'W' under it, on a black background.

Approx. size of the photo is 5,7 x 8,5 cm


The Wehrwolf was founded as a 'Mitteldeutscher Schutzverband' on 11 January 1923 to recruit and train young members for the Stahlhelm (First World War veteran's organization). Later called 'Bunddeutscher Männer', and in May 1923 renamed again as 'Wehrwolf, Bund Deutscher Männer und Frontkrieger'.
The organization provided military training to its members, including firearms (pistol, rifle, machine gun), explosives, mortar, infantry support gun training, and other activities.
With the help of Stahlhelm, it quickly spread in central Germany, and later all German Reich. From 1924 until 1929, at its peak, it had around 30,000 to 40,000 members.
In the summer of 1933, the Wehrwolf was integrated into the SA (Sturmabteilung). Wehrwolf youth members, known as 'the Jungwolf' (aged 14 to 17), were transferred to 'Hitlerjugend' (English: Hitler Youth), and motorized squadrons' members were incorporated into the 'Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps' (English: The National Socialist Motor Corps).

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