Third Reich German Life Saving Association Membership Card and Badge – Item 81392

Third Reich membership ID card for the German DLRG Organisation. Being the German Life Saving Association. Consisting of membership ID card with swastika to front and badge of the DLRG. Comes complete with a bevo example of this scarce organisation badge. Issued in Berlin

Note: On 28 July 1912, a pier in Binz on the island Rugen, Germany collapsed under the load of 1,000 people waiting for the cruise steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm. Sailors of the German navy were able to save most people, but 17 people died because they could not swim, including seven children. This catastrophe led to the foundation of the “Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG)” (German lifesaving organization) on 19 October 1913 in Leipzig.