History

Cuff titles were similar to armbands, except often stating a more specific and specialised purpose of the wearer. They were significantly smaller than armbands, didn’t necessarily go all the way around the arm, and were worn on the lower part of the left sleeve.

Instructors of the Kinderlandverschickung (KLV) (Children Evacuation Scheme) wore a black cuff title with the white Gothic letters “Kinderlandverschickung”.

There is also photographic evidence of a cuff title from the KLV camp Sellin being worn by the children, bearing the letters “KLV-Sellin”. Other camps probably had their own cuff titles, but more research is needed.

In pre-war years, the Kinderlandverschickung was a holiday program for children. Its character changed with the beginning of the war, and by 1940 it had become an evacuation effort to send children from cities to safer locations in more rural areas that were less likely to be attacked by enemy air raids.