80 Regimental Baton of the 1st Bataillon Regiment General Göring
The stock made of black lacquered wood. The screwable pommel with engraved regimental standard of the General Göring Regiment. Engraved on the side: "1. Bataillon Regiment "General Göring" (1st Battalion Regiment General Göring). At the lower end engraved Luftwaffe eagle within oak leaf decoration.
Very interesting piece on the history of this regiment closely associated with the later Reichsmarschall.
Length: 73 cm
When Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor on 30 January 1933, Hermann Göring was Prussian Minister of the Interior. This gave him supreme command over the entire Prussian police force.
On 24 February 1933, Göring had the police department z. b. V. Wecke (z.b.V.: "for special use") set up. His intention was to create a police unit that was loyal to the NSDAP regime. The unit was named after its commander, Major of the Schutzpolizei Walther Wecke, a veteran of the First World War and member of the NSDAP, and was stationed in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The division soon became notorious for its brutal approach. In cooperation with the Gestapo, which was also under Göring's control, it was involved in many attacks against communists and Marxists and was responsible for the arrest of opponents of the regime.
In June 1933, Göring enlarged the department and placed it under the command of the state police. The department was renamed the Landespolizeigruppe Wecke z. b. V. (state police group).
Göring further strengthened the group and made it a requirement that all its members had to complete military training. The unit was renamed Landespolizeigruppe General Göring. During the so-called Röhm Putsch on 30 June 1934, Hitler resorted to both Göring's Landespolizeigruppe and Himmler's Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. Goering's force and the Leibstandarte executed many leading members of the SA.
In 1935, Göring was appointed commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe. As he wanted to retain control of his "favourite unit", it was transferred to the Luftwaffe in September 1935 and renamed Regiment General Göring.
By the beginning of 1936, the regiment was ready to fight again. By this time, all organised resistance to the NSDAP had been eliminated. The regiment served as Göring's personal bodyguard during this period and covered Hitler's headquarters with its anti-aircraft guns. During this period, the IV (Jäger) Battalion/RGG and the 15th Pioneer Company were detached to the Döberitz Flying School for parachute training. These units were separated from the regiment in March 1938 to form the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, the first paratrooper unit of the Wehrmacht.
Highly interesting historical object on the history of the Luftwaffe.