This offer on the estand caught my attention and "popskipa" (Keith) and I have been discussing on a back-channel.
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1023911
Up front, I tend to think it is more likely original than it is post-war. Thus, a buyer could potentially add a rare item to an insignia collection.
I have not seen evidence of such insigniain photographs to prove it, but I also cannot disprove it off-handed. The earliest beret oakleaves were the Reichsheer pattern and were embroidered directly into the cloth beret covers with thick white thread. There can be little doubt that some officers wore berets with such insignia.
Did "officer" styles exist? and were they bullion aluminum wire embroidered directly into the beret cover, or were they separate pieces embroidered with billion aluminum wire?
Angolia and Schlicht Vol 1, page 186 makes reference to an officer embroidered versions in the "first pattern" (meaning - to me - the Reichsheer pattern).
I recently bough an early, embroidered Reichsheer pattern oakleaves and cockade, believing I was buying the type for the Schirmmütze/peaked cap...and the price was appropriate for such a piece of insignia (under 50 EUR).
Turns out, it was executed on black badge cloth, not dark green. One might say it matches the description given by Angolia and Schlicht. If not post war, I believe I have exactly what the book referenced.
Have pictured it here - certainly for popskipa - but also in hopes of others weighing in with opinions - or better yet, photographic evidence.
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1023911
Up front, I tend to think it is more likely original than it is post-war. Thus, a buyer could potentially add a rare item to an insignia collection.
I have not seen evidence of such insigniain photographs to prove it, but I also cannot disprove it off-handed. The earliest beret oakleaves were the Reichsheer pattern and were embroidered directly into the cloth beret covers with thick white thread. There can be little doubt that some officers wore berets with such insignia.
Did "officer" styles exist? and were they bullion aluminum wire embroidered directly into the beret cover, or were they separate pieces embroidered with billion aluminum wire?
Angolia and Schlicht Vol 1, page 186 makes reference to an officer embroidered versions in the "first pattern" (meaning - to me - the Reichsheer pattern).
I recently bough an early, embroidered Reichsheer pattern oakleaves and cockade, believing I was buying the type for the Schirmmütze/peaked cap...and the price was appropriate for such a piece of insignia (under 50 EUR).
Turns out, it was executed on black badge cloth, not dark green. One might say it matches the description given by Angolia and Schlicht. If not post war, I believe I have exactly what the book referenced.
Have pictured it here - certainly for popskipa - but also in hopes of others weighing in with opinions - or better yet, photographic evidence.
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