Blue Afrika Cufftitle, LW?

[Pascal H.]

Yesterday I managed to pick up this very rare blue Afrika cufftitle.
Not a lot is know about these cufftitles but I believe these were used by the Luftwaffe.

Although the moths had a feast with this cufftitle it is still in a fairly good condition.

I would welcome any more info on these blue Afrika cufftitles and am looking forward to hear your opinions as well.

KR
Pascal

[Pascal H.]

Reverse

[Pascal H.]

Detail

[Scott C.]

Not a lot is know about these cufftitles but I believe these were used by the Luftwaffe.

Pascal, the WAF archive has the details of this LW cuff title, and I'm sure a couple of key words in the search function will turn up more info.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/unif...es/Afrika.html

[Pascal H.]

Thanks Scott.
I already had a look at the WAF archive and did also a search on the forum but I couldn't find the exact same cufftitle.

To me it looks like an original period cufftitle and the combination of the silver stitching on blue cloth led me believe this is a LW cufftitle. So that is I am hoping someone familiar with LW (cuffitles) can help me with this one.

KR
Pascal

[münster]

´Pascal, I have only had one. An underated armband IMO. The difference between the one I had and yours is your lettering looks taller and elongated compared to mine. I do believe yours is ww2 period though. The elongated lettering might be due to your scanner or just a different variant maybe.

[sscrooge]

Heres mine for comparison

[sscrooge]

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[Pascal H.]

Hi guys,
Thanks for your replies .

I was familiar with the CT as posted by sscrooge but I never seen one like mine before.
As you said Dion, looks indeed definitely period and that is why I took it.

KR
Pascal

[andrewb]

Pascal,
There is no doubt that it's a LW cufftitle. The long letters is one of the variations of this CT. A similar one like yours can be seen on page 292 of Angolia's "Uniforms & Traditions of the Luftwaffe" Vol. 2.

Any LW (Blue) "Afrika" CT is very difficult find. Congrats.

Regards,
AB.