unknown collar board!

[Dmv]

Hello, help wanted with this one!
Can't find it in my reference books or on the net...

[luftwaffe blue]

My first thought was that it is one of those Panzer collar boards? pink piping etc..

[laurens]

It's Reichsbahn ,the SA adopted the oakleaves for their tabs.

[HPL2008]

Correct; it's a Reichsbahn collar patch of the pattern worn from 1924 to 1935. This one is for pay group A VII.

[Dmv]

Thanks HPL2008! Great info.

Is there a refference book where these paygroups are listed? Can you recommend a good reichsbahn book?

@luftwaffe blue: I also noticed the similairity with panzer tabs, it indeed has pink piping, black velvet. If the oakleaf is replaced by a skull... (not that I'll do this! keep it as it original is!) But could there be Reichsbahn tabs transformed into Panzer ones?

[HPL2008]

Thanks HPL2008! Great info.

Is there a reference book where these paygroups are listed? Can you recommend a good reichsbahn book?

"Das Kleid des Eisenbahners" by Jürgen Hartmann & Klaus Thiede is very good, it's what I use for reference:

http://www.museumseisenbahn.de/devaktue.htm#uniform

It can be purchased directly from the author or from specialized dealers; I bought mine from Siegmund Stephan's online shop ( http://www.stephan.de ); they still have it listed.


There is also a series of documentations by Hartmut Schöttge, which can also be purchased from the author. From the description, they look quite interesting, but I don't own any of those myself:

http://www.eisenbahneruniformen.de/hufo3/index.html