Rudolf Hess Deputy Führer (Stellvertreter des Führers) in black uniform WWII – Custom Printed Brick Block Figure

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Character Identification, Description, and Historical Background

Character Identification

• English Name: Rudolf Hess

• Historical Title: Deputy Führer (Stellvertreter des Führers)

• Specific Identity: A highly detailed brick figure representing Rudolf Hess, a leading member of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler’s deputy. In this specific iteration, the figure is depicted wearing the black uniform (historically associated with the Allgemeine-SS, in which Hess held the honorary rank of SS-Obergruppenführer).

Detailed Character Description This brick figure utilizes highly precise 360-degree UV printing to recreate the striking and infamous black uniform of the Third Reich’s inner circle during the 1930s and early World War II era.

• Headgear & Face: The figure wears a custom-molded black peaked cap (Schirmmütze). The cap is highly detailed, featuring a black visor, silver piping around the crown, and printed silver insignia including the party eagle (Hoheitsabzeichen) at the top peak and the traditional cockade/skull motif on the cap band. The figure’s face features a stern, severe expression with a prominent brow line.

• Torso & Uniform Vestments: The figure is dressed in the classic M32 black service tunic. The open collar features detailed silver piping. Underneath the tunic, a tan/brown shirt with a black tie is clearly visible, accurately reflecting how the uniform was worn by party elites. The tunic itself is printed with four pleated pockets featuring scalloped button flaps, silver buttons down the front, and a black leather waist belt secured by a silver circular buckle.

• Arms & Sleeve Insignia: The left arm features the highly distinct printed red armband (Kampfbinde) bearing a black swastika inside a white circle, coupled with silver cuff title stripes near the wrist. The right arm features a printed silver V-shaped chevron, representing the Honour Chevron for the Old Guard (Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer), an award given to early, founding members of the Nazi Party.

• Legs & Footwear: The legs continue the solid black color of the uniform trousers or breeches. The lower sections of the legs are printed with subtle grey and silver detailing to represent polished black leather riding boots, complete with crease lines around the ankles for a realistic, tailored military appearance.

Historical Background

• The “Old Guard”: Rudolf Hess was one of Adolf Hitler’s earliest and most devoted followers, joining the Nazi Party in 1920 (which is why he is depicted wearing the Honour Chevron on his right sleeve). He participated in the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, and while imprisoned alongside Hitler, he acted as his secretary, helping to transcribe and edit Mein Kampf.

• Deputy Führer & The Black Uniform: After the Nazis seized power in 1933, Hitler appointed Hess as his Deputy Führer. While Hess is most commonly remembered wearing his tan political uniform, he was also granted the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer by Heinrich Himmler. As a top party official, he occasionally wore the black uniform depicted on this figure during major rallies and state events in the 1930s.

• The Flight to Scotland: Hess is most famous for his bizarre, unauthorized solo flight to Scotland on May 10, 1941, piloting a Messerschmitt Bf 110. He hoped to negotiate a peace treaty with the British government before Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union. The British immediately arrested him.

• Imprisonment: Hitler was enraged by the flight, publicly declared Hess insane, and stripped him of all his ranks and titles. Hess spent the rest of the war as a prisoner in the UK. Following the war, he was tried at the Nuremberg Trials, convicted of crimes against peace, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He remained in Spandau Prison in Berlin until he died by suicide in 1987 at the age of 93.