Heres a creepy one: Kreta Armelband

[münster]

any suggestions on how to clean it out Bob?

[Bob Hritz]

I would actually cut about 1/2 inch from an end and try naptha (cigarette lighter fluid). Carbon Tetrachloride would have a chance, but I don't like it because it must be thouroughly washed out.

Try naptha and see if the area darkens or comes clean. KEEP IT AWAY FROM WATER OR STEAM.

Naptha will not hurt fabrics and if a test piece comes clean, you can fill a glass jar with naptha and submerge the title. A gentle agitation of the jar will produce the same effect as dry cleaning. Naptha is dry cleaning fluid.

Don't make a martini from naptha and use it outside. Breathing the fumes is not good for you, but occasional use will not harm you.

Bob Hritz

[münster]

sounds good Bob, thanks

[A H]

What is it then?

oil with a bit of dirt mixed in mate

Regards Adam

[peter u]

Hello Robert,

What you see is a mixture of sweat that has builed up on that liner while the helmet was worn and blood from the shot that killed the soldier.
By the way his name is Johan Juncken.

Cheers,
Peter

[tinmantis]

hi guys
may I add this to the discussion... I've always thought blood and oil? what are your thoughts?
regards
jon

[tinmantis]

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[WalterB]

Munster,
What is the big deal with something with blood on it? How do you know that the blood is period anyway? Think about it, why would a cuff title that APPEARS to not have been on a jacket have several areas of so called blood stains on it.

Funny, for someone who doesn't care about this thread, you seem to be hanging around here way too much. If this thread affords nothing worthwhile for you, why don't you hurry off to the Kneipe? I am sure you can contribute something "worthwhile" there.

[tinmantis]

can we not use the term 'period blood'

[delta1]

WalterB,

I was just looking at the responses to my post. I'll contribute and post where I wish.

[A H]

WalterB,

I was just looking at the responses to my post. I'll contribute and post where I wish.

I thought you made a good point

[Wijtman01]

dude we are discussing a original war piece with history dont say ill post were i want thats not nice man

i love this thread its realy interesting

the gotz cuff is super sweet mate nice been there piece

[delta1]

I'm not posting or commenting on the SS cufftitle. I'm replying to a post.

[peter u]

Hello Jon,

Very difficult to say what the stains on your cufftitle are.
Personally I don't think the stains are periode human blood.
Ofcourse if you have a helmet with an original wartime bullethole and the liner is completly stained and you have some good provenance it is not that difficult to make a conclusion.
But with lose items which have no provenance like for example cufftittles it is something completly different.
I don't think the stains are dark enough to be considered periode blood.
Some anecdotes from my personal live, a bit more then a year a go I got a nasty stab wound on my right upper arm.
A burr pierced three thick layers of my clothing and it made blead a lot.
The color of the bloodstains on my clothing where very dark almost black.
Because of my illness I need to have my blood examinated very regulary when the take those samples in the hosiptal, the color of my blood is also not red but more brownish. Why?....

Bloodstained items that are sold with an extra value put on them because they are bloodstained should imo be approached with the same caution as camo-helmets for example.


Cheers,
Peter