The Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten (German "Steel Helmet, League of Front Soldiers") was one of the many paramilitary Freikorps organizations that arose after the defeat of World War I in the Weimar Republic.
The Stahlhelm was founded at the end of 1918 partly by Franz Seldte in the city of Magdeburg. The organization was an accumulation point for nationalistic and anti-Weimar elements. With 500,000 members in 1930, the Stahlhelm was the largest Freikorps organization.
In 1929 the Stahlhelm joined the Volksentscheid gegen den Young-Plan to demonstrate against the Young Plan. The Stahlhelm joined the DNVP, NSDAP and Alldeutscher Verband to form the Harzburger Front , which was a united right-wing front against the Weimar Republic.
The Stahlhelm was integrated into the Sturmabteilung in 1934 and dissolved in 1935.
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