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Is there a symbolism with the white? Or was it an arbitrary colour? I believe Brown was chosen for the Nazi SA uniforms because they were cheap.
by benj111 7y ago
Is there a symbolism with the white? Or was it an arbitrary colour?
I believe Brown was chosen for the Nazi SA uniforms because they were cheap.
- trevyn 7y agoI assume it was for maximum contrast with the black that many of the protesters wear, to help distinguish friend from foe.
- chewz 7y ago> I believe Brown was chosen for the Nazi SA uniforms because they were cheap. No, it was taken from Harvard's University colors, I believe. > Hanfstaengl composed both Brownshirt and Hitler Youth marches patterned after his Harvard football songs and, he later claimed, devised the chant "Sieg Heil" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hanfstaengl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hanfstaengl
- benj111 7y ago"Brown-colored shirts were chosen as the SA uniform because a large number of them were cheaply available after World War I" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung Harvard university is Crimson?