Hi all,
this was brought to me by a friend whos grandpa served as a StuG driver. This cloth wound badge was folded between the documents. The set is directly out of the woodwork so this is another proof for these WB´s beeing period.
From what I have read it is believed that these cloth versions were suposed to be a filler, or for the Soldbuch. I must say I dont think so.
The cloth was wrinkeld as you can see and when I stretched it in form I felt that it was sticking together a bit. This remind me of the patches which you could "glue" onto the jeans with an iron when you had a hole in them as a kid. Also the fieldgrey backround makes me believe these were made to wear and not as a filler untill you get a metal one.
I believe they could have been cut and "ironed" onto the actual uniform. Of course someone should try if it sticks to cloth using a hot iron.
What are your thoughts on this ?
Jens
this was brought to me by a friend whos grandpa served as a StuG driver. This cloth wound badge was folded between the documents. The set is directly out of the woodwork so this is another proof for these WB´s beeing period.
From what I have read it is believed that these cloth versions were suposed to be a filler, or for the Soldbuch. I must say I dont think so.
The cloth was wrinkeld as you can see and when I stretched it in form I felt that it was sticking together a bit. This remind me of the patches which you could "glue" onto the jeans with an iron when you had a hole in them as a kid. Also the fieldgrey backround makes me believe these were made to wear and not as a filler untill you get a metal one.
I believe they could have been cut and "ironed" onto the actual uniform. Of course someone should try if it sticks to cloth using a hot iron.
What are your thoughts on this ?
Jens
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