Reichsluftschutzbund Helmet

The Reichsluftschutzbund (National Air Raid Protection League) was staffed by men, women and children who organised and trained civilians in all aspects of air raid precautions. They frequently demonstrated great bravery while undertaking their duties.

The Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB) was organized by Hermann Göring in 1933 as a voluntary association. Existing volunteer air raid precaution associations were forced to merge with RLB. The RLB was in charge of educating and training ordinary German men and women in civil defence procedures necessary for the basic level of local self-help of the civil population against air raids. The local level was formed around air raid wardens and operated in small first intervention squads.