WWII German NSRL/DRL sports officials armband 1943

WWII German NSRL/DRL sports officials armband 1943.

The NSRL, “Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen” (National-socialist State-league for Physical-fitness), which was incorporated into the DRL, “Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen” (German State-league for Physical-fitness), used the same insignia from 1938 thru 1944.

The National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen, NSRL) was the umbrella organization for sports and physical education in Nazi Germany. The NSRL was known as the German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen, DRL) until 1938. The organization was expanded to Austria after that country’s annexation by Nazi Germany.

The NSRL was led by the Reichssportführer, who after 1934 was at the same time presiding over the German National Olympic Committee. The NSRL’s leaders were Hans von Tschammer und Osten (1933–1943), Arno Breitmeyer (1943–1944) and Karl Ritter von Halt (1944–1945).