SS Reserve collar patches

[wessel]

Taken from a Chinese magazine, this shows SS Reserve NCOs drinking beer during the Reichskriegertag in Kassel in March 1939.
White patches are, I think, quite rare and they seem to show the number 57.
Note also the early skulls, and the non-SS eagle. Also the the Turkish Halbmond award.

[derek]

Thanks Wessel,
Terrific image, what's the magazine it looks very interesting?
Derek

[wessel]

It is a photo album of the celebrations in Kassel...cover photo attached. I picked it up in China when I was there last year.
A good close-up of Himmler and Keitel also from the same mag.

[wessel]

...Himmler and Keitel.

[Robert H]

it look the book is worth only about some nice pictures, really great and very rare color photos!

[astarr]

You can get a copy of this book here... it's an Arndt title

http://www.ihffilm.com/b056.html

Astarr

[Texasuberalles]

White patches are, I think, quite rare and they seem to show the number 57.

They are not white, they are dove grey. Officers were silver wire, enlisted were black cloth stitching.