Pattern sheet for SA uniform trousers with 4 diagrams and a size chart
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 36.250 inches (92.075 cm) | Width: 49.125 inches (124.778 cm)
Creator(s)
- M. Muller & Sohn (Manufacturer)
Archival History
The pattern sheet was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Sturmabteilung (SA) uniform breeches pattern sheet produced in Munich, Germany, in approximately 1935. The SA was a Nazi paramilitary organization established by Adolf Hitler in Munich in 1921. Known as Brownshirts or Storm Troopers, the SA protected Nazi leaders, marched in Nazi rallies, and terrorized political opponents during Hitler’s rise to power. By 1933, SA membership had expanded to nearly three million men. On June 30, 1934, the Night of the Long Knives, SS forces assassinated the SA head, Ernst Rohm, and most of the leadership, disempowering the SA.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular, white paper pattern sheet for making trousers. It has a narrow black border and 4 pattern piece diagrams printed in black ink. The front has a large diagram made of 8 overlapping lined patterns marked at intervals with the corresponding numerical size, 60, 58, 56, 54, 52, 50, 48, and 46, in centimeters. The pattern has solid and dashed lines and series of curved lines, straight arrows, and Xs to indicate stretch. German text near the markings identify the part and provide instructions. Below are 3 smaller diagrams for the trouser back with numerical sizes: on the left, 40-42, center, 38, and right, 36. On the upper left is a size chart with 8 sizes: 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, and 60, and the corresponding measurements for side length, step length, waist, back width, knee length, calf width, and lower leg length. Below the chart are 3 lines of German text and in the upper left corner is 6 lines of text in bold font with the last line underlined. On the upper right is a vertical line of text. The sheet is creased and discolored with age.
Corporate Bodies
- SA (Organization)
Subjects
- Nazis--Clothing--Germany.
- Clothing and dress--Germany--History--20th century.
- Clothing trade--Germany.
- Nationalism and clothing--Germany.
- Germany--Social life and customs--20th century.
Genre
- Tools and Equipment
- Uniforms
- Object