CurtD

These were not RZM marked.

Larger pictures would help. But, this is not an SS RZM armband.

I know this post is rather old, but I thought I would jump in anyway. IMHO the DRK armband is a fantasy item. This was not the symbol for the DRK and I doubt it would have an SS stamp on it anyway.

That book is a good book, but it is also over 20 years old and is very general in nature. The author, Robin Lumsden, is a member of this forum. I have that book and about 12 others devoted to SS cloth. For some reason, it looks like there are no SS cloth collectors reading this forum. You might want to contact him (his ID = "Robin Lumsden") and point him to this thread and get his opinion. I see he has posted in the SS awards forum a few rows down. The world of SS cloth is the biggest minefield there is. You need to get at least 12 books and study for several years. Then you should assume everything is fake until proven genuine. Otherwise, you are going to be out a lot of money. This looks like something made for a movie or theater. There are a lot better fakes on the market right now.

How did you determine this is a politcal armband? The black stripes were reserved for the SS. And this dosn't look like any SS armband I have ever seen.

I don't believe the SS ever used printed armbands like this one.