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| Named after | Stahlhelm |
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| Merged into | Sturmabteilung |
| Formation | 25 December 1918 |
| Founder | Franz Seldte[1] |
| Founded at | Magdeburg |
| Dissolved | 7 November 1935 (as Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher frontkämpfer-Bund (Stahlhelm)) |
| Type | Ex-servicemen's organization |
| Purpose | Maintain peace and order and foster comradeship founded in the field. |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Origins | End of World War I and the German Revolution of 1918 |
Area served | Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1935) |
Membership | 1,500,000 (1933 est.) |
Federal Leader | Franz Seldte |
Deputy Leader | Theodor Duesterberg |
Key people | August von Mackensen |
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| Affiliations | Deutschnationale Volkspartei |
Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten (German: 'The Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers'), commonly known as Der Stahlhelm ('The Steel Helmet'), was a German First World War veteran's organisation existing from 1918 to 1935. In the late days of the Weimar Republic, it was closely affiliated to the monarchist German National People's Party (DNVP), placed at party gatherings in the position of armed security guards (Saalschutz).[2]
- ^ Stackelberg (2007). The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany, p. 243.
- ^ "Parteien und Verbände in der Weimarer Republik" [Parties and Associations in the Weimar Republic]. Regionalmuseum Bad Frankenhausen (in German). Retrieved October 9, 2023.