The term Frontbann refers to a reorganized and renamed version of the Sturmabteilung or SA. It translates directly into Front Band. It was created in April of 1924 in an effort to rebuild the Nazi party in the aftermath of the failed Munich Putsch. The Nazi party including the SA was outlawed by the German government following the Putsch. The Nazi party was briefly renamed the National Socialist Freedom Party to maintain its legality and the SA was similarly renamed. Like the party it served the Frontbann included the same members and preformed the same functions as it predecessor. It contained many of the original members of the SA and was still led by Ernst Rohm. It had about 30,000 members spread across Germany. The Frontbann was disbanded on February 27, 1925 when the ban was lifted on the Nazi Party and was reformed back into the SA.

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• Christopher Ailsby, The Third Reich: Day by Day

Nazi organizations