Fake SS Uniform & Insignia Thread

[Gary Wood]

This is a thread dedicated to just fake ss items,

If you have any to add then please contact me and i will add them within this thread, they do not have to be posted in any particular order it is my hope that the fact you have to look through the whole thread that some of the other items will stick in the mind.

Any comments about insignia posted here please start a new thread quoting post number,

This will take time so be patient and the thread will grow at time goes on
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Fake cap insignia and related items are now in this thread
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240462


cheers,
Gary

[Gary Wood]

First runic, this is embroidered on a woven wool, the inside of the wool does not have a nap but a woven pattern, the top of the embroidery does not melt, but the underside threads do, the buckram has a matt appearance

[Gary Wood]

fake runic 1 back

[Gary Wood]

1st runic back detail, notice the blob where the thread melted also visible is the woven ribbed back of the wool

[Gary Wood]

2nd runic,
the items is machine embroidered on a woven wool backing, the wool is very thick, again the top threads used on the embroidery do not melt but the underside threads do, there was no buckram in this example when I got it .

[Gary Wood]

2nd runic back

[Gary Wood]

3rd runic, while the execution of the design is very good on this example everything melts, the threads used in the embroidery on the top and bottom are polyester, also the felt backing material is also synthetic and melts, the glue on the buckram is also synthetic, the strands that make up the woven material of the buckram also are synthetic

[Gary Wood]

3rd runic back

[Gary Wood]

4th runic, this is an old repro and should not really fool anyone BUT it does I have seen this type recently offered for sale as original, the backing material is badge cloth (felt) very much like the period badge cloth, nothing melts the brown blobs you can see on the back are the glue, which is like the period glue and goes tacky when wet

[Gary Wood]

detail of the embroidery pattern

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the back

[Gary Wood]

5th another machine embroidered runic, the backing cloth can vary on this type, the one pictured below has a backing cloth very similar to the delta type backing material although i do not think that it was produced by them,

[Gary Wood]

5th back detail

[Gary Wood]

another example of the above design

[Gary Wood]

and the back, the backing material on this example is more the doeskin wool type