German Minister Robert Lehr was reported here today as proposing that German Army veterans be permitted to wear in public decorations awarded by Hitler’s Wehrmacht.
At present Allied regulations forbid the public wearing of such decorations, but Minister Lehr expects the Western Powers to rescind or disregard their, own regulations provided the swastika is removed from the decorations. The veterans groups, however, insist upon retention of the swastika.
The manufacture and sale of Nazi decorations, including insignia of rank in the Gestapo unit, has become a brisk business. “Original” Nazi decorations are advertised for sale in “Hall of Vikings,” a magazine of the former S.S. military units, which were branded as criminal organizations by the International War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg.
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