Elastolin Schutzstaffel (SS) figurines

Elastolin composition soldiers of 30s were a reflection of their time, the political side of Germany also had to be included thus Hitler's street thugs, the S.A.("Sturmabteilung"),the S.S. ("Schutzstaffel"), the Reich Labour Corps ("Reichsarbeitsdienst"), the Hitler Youth("Hitler Jugend"),the girls section ("Bund Deutsche Maedchen") were all available. The S.S. were well represented, marching with torches, musicians on foot or horse, with all the Nazi flags, banners and standards. There was no official encouragement of the manufacture of these politically based figures, but the political climate was such, that not to have produced them, would have quickly brought about official displeasure and on a commercial plane, a loss of sales.