This is a German Organization Todt armband from World War II. This organization was a civil and military engineering group in the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945. The organization was named after it's founder, Fritz Todt, an engineer and senior Nazi figure. The organization was responsible for a he range of engineering projects both in pre World War II Germany, in Germany itself and occupied territories from France to the Soviet Union during the war. It became notorious for using forced labour. From 1943 - 45 during the late phase of the Third Reich OT administered all construction of concentration camps to supply forced labor to industry. The armband is made of orange cotton material with the two inch black letters O T sewn on. It measures 8" wide and 4" tall.

Item # AA1178

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