SA Insignia Identification Needed.

[Darin S.]

Hello all, I need some help with this what I think is SA insignia. Any comments good or bad are appreciated.

[Darin S.]

Some sort of Winkle. I'm not sure what for, SA?

[Darin S.]

Back of strap.

[Darin S.]

Back of Winkel.

[Erich B.]

The shoulderboard is a last pattern SA enlisted board for SA foot units. It was introduced in 1939 to be more military in style than the earlier style boards. The Winkel is an old fighters' chevron, used only between 1933 and around 1935 before being replaced with sleeve stripes.
Erich

[Darin S.]

Thanks for the information and the reply. This was in a lot on ebay DE with an Obberbann 2 DJ rune that I won. I don't collect SA, so my knowledge on the subject is limited. Do these two insignia look good? Thanks again.

[Erich B.]

The shoulderboard is fine. The arm Winkel is hard to tell--there was a fellow who had a roll of the original Tresse who used to sew it to a wool felt backing like this 10 or 20 years ago--it's different than the fabric usually used, which would be either brownshirt twill or uniform cloth.
Erich

[Darin S.]

Eric, thanks again for the information and the reply.

[415]

Here's a link to a good one. To bad it's sold though.

http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Polit...s/N045059.html

regards,

Chris

[Darin S.]

Thanks for the link, I saw that one, that's sort of what made me curious about the one from the auction.