Hermann Göring Division Uniforms and Insignia

[PaulW]

That's it from me, hopefully there will be more contributions of material, or links to relevant resources/ information. Hope so!

Regards, Paul

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[jmcm]

my 2 cents

[RamJet]

Thank You, PaulW, very nice additions!

jmcm, these are the tabs formerly owned by PaulR, I suppose?

[PaulW]

Thanks Ramjet. Love your insignia display!

Thanks for showing jmcm, but I'm sure they cost more than 2 cents!

They do appear to have been in PaulR's collection previously, they look identical to a pair on an old 2009 thread I just looked at.

A couple more threads to tie-in on this subject:-

"Headgear of the HG Panzer Men":-

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=hermann

"HG Cuff Titles: post your originals here":-

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=hermann


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[RamJet]

As addition to the cuff title thread, here is a set of all three variants (EM/NCO/Officer) of the early "General Göring" version:

[RamJet]

And here are two pics of the wearer of the EM cufftitle shown:

[RamJet]

Hello Steve,

I think your black HG Panzer collar tab set is made by the same maker as my pair which were removed from a wrap during WW2.

You can see images of my pair in this thread post numbers 1094, 1095 & 1096;

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=HG+Panzer

They are shown with some other black HG Panzer insignia I have. The skulls look to be the same type or at least very similar.

Best regards,

Chris

Don't think so, Chris.

They were made from trikot fabric and came with skulls which some people do not believe to be real.

But they look to be tunic removed and never had some other kind of skulls attached. And they came with a set of black, white-piped HG NCO shoulder straps which also are genuine. So they stay in my collection with the skulls they came with.

I contacted Scott Pritchett on this case. There are two possibilities. First, the tabs were worn without skulls and somebody put these skulls on them long after war. Than nothing is proved. Or these skulls are attached pre-1945. Than we have a new type of skulls which is genuine.

[RamJet]

There couldn't have been the standard, three-pronged skulls attached formerly, as they are larger and so the holes for the prongs do not fit:

[PaulW]

As addition to the cuff title thread, here is a set of all three variants (EM/NCO/Officer) of the early "General Göring" version:

Fantastic bands! Here is a surviving example still on a tunic, period hand sewn on, and somewhat more tarnished than your example:-

http://virtualgrenadier.com/sale_item.php?iid=4172

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[RamJet]

Some pics of an HG Artillerie-Unterfeldwebel uniform from the collection of Bob Lyons. Bob send me the pics to post them in this thread.

[RamJet]

More pics:

[RamJet]

And the last two:

[RamJet]

And a dog tag of 2./Ersatz- und Ausbildungsregiment HG, also from the collection of Bob Lyons:

[Gary B]

All wonderful items pictured.

Attached is a different view of HG Div items.....as viewed from above....in May '44 as they pulled into the Anzio beachhead. Photos taken by Aerial gunner/photographer S/SGT Eugene Boward, 86th Squadron, 47th Bombardment Group (Bastian's low level raid).

Gary B

[Tom B]

Fantastic bands! Here is a surviving example still on a tunic, period hand sewn on, and somewhat more tarnished than your example:-

http://virtualgrenadier.com/sale_item.php?iid=4172

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Great collection !!! Tom