DEDICATION TO SWORD
STEEL HELMET CEREMONY
CRY FOR VENGEANCE
BERLIN, April 30. The Nazis hope that the expenses of the May Day parade will be 'paid by the sale of a badge which, will yield a net profit of 25 pfennings apiece. A rite of "dedication to the sword," whereby all members of the Steel Helmets will be initiated when they Teach 17 years of age, will be inaugurated. It is hoped this will develop into ■ universal national usage. The rite will begin with a religious service. Steel Helmets will then form a square, with initiates in the centre, while Arndt's song, "The Cry for Vengeance Against France," will be sung. Then the initiates will swear: "By the iron of the sword we swear to' show ourselves worthy in the service of the German Fatherland. O Lord God, pour iron into our blood that in battle we may acquire true German manly courage to live and die>" The initiates will finally bo decorated with the "Siegfried Sword" and be crowned and garlanded with birch leaves.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 101, 2 May 1933, Page 7
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175DEDICATION TO SWORD Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 101, 2 May 1933, Page 7
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