Guidelines for the application of the Law of 19 May 1933 on the protection of national symbols
1. If an object itself constitutes the symbol, then its use and distribution is permitted only if it is a product of the visual arts or if the applied art is, for example, pictures and plaques of leading personalities, swastikas on pins or chains, or SA figures.
2. If the symbol is displayed on the object or represented in connection with it, its use is permitted only if the object itself or its purpose has an internal relationship with the symbol, e.g. a swastika at the tip of a flag. In particular, the use of the symbol affixed to the object for the purpose of decorating the object or increasing its marketability is not permissible, e.g. the use of the swastika or German colours on such items as children’s play balls, money boxes, paper, cufflinks, chocolate and tobacco packages. The use of the symbol for advertising purposes is prohibited in any circumstance.
3. In all cases of clauses 1 and 2, the use of the symbol is prohibited if its design is of inferior quality or is provided with disfiguring accessories, e.g. artistically inferior portraits, or with self-luminous swastikas.
4. By the issuance of police regulations (§ 8 of the Act), the use of symbols by singing and playing songs and in the reproduction of products of literature shall be declared inadmissible if the artistic presentation or performance is deemed inferior, or if the performance is made under circumstances which do not reflect the dignity of the symbol, such as playing the national anthems in potpourris or traditional army marches for dancing.
5. The official party-approved badges of the NSDAP as well as pictures of the Führer in the form of busts and plaques may not be used without the consent of the Reichs Leadership of the NSDAP (the Reich Executive Director, Munich, The Brown House) If at the time of the decision there is a permit or a prohibition from the Reichs Leadership, the deciding authority is bound by it. If the opinion of the Reichs Leadership is not yet available, the item is to be obtained before the issuance of the decision and taken as a basis.
