Cut insignia still attached to uniforms..

[Dave Suter]

As a waffenrock collector, this always brings tears to my eyes. (Cuff patches are really orange, not the red the photo makes them appear.)

[Dave Suter]

And, to complete the destruction...

[Willi Z.]

Thanks Dave! But, you didn't have to cut up that uniform for little old me!

Here is a cool piece. Though I usally only stick to FJ or yellow piped, thought this was unique. This would have made a great Fliegerbluse!

I think there is lots to learn from studying veteran bring back cut pieces. You can then see how textbook items were made and sewn.

Willi

[Joe D]

I really like this type of insignia as well. Great thread guys, here is my little contribution.

[MartyC]

marine

Cut insignia that I got out of a vet's cigar box load of goodies: Looks Kriegmarine-what is it?

[François SAEZ]

Like Willi on post # 31 but in yellow with shoulder boards

[Jos L C]

Mr Saez..,

Is this what's left of the jacket I've sent you..?
You've to kill some mice somehow..

I still hate it to see all those damaged caps,jackets,smocks etc..,I mean it..
Eagles and stuff do look great though..

Jos.

[Mark Holden]

Hi All,

Another ebay find(before the ebay Stasi got to it)

Cheers

Mark

[Mark Holden]

My Flieger/FJ pair.

Cheers

Mark

[Mark Holden]

FLAK NCO Collar

Mark

[BadBob]

I'm surprised at the number of LW Flak collars around. Army EM eagles are the only insignia I've found more frequently on the cloth.........Here's my most recent thing.

[Frank Pacheco]

I think the facination is that is that it might have been cut off dead soldier. Also cut off from a pow by a GI. But they look great to me.

[Mark Holden]

M43 BeVo

Cheers

Mark

[Mark Holden]

M43 Machine embroidered

Cheers

Mark

[Steve Sherlock]

A fascinating bunch of great insignia. While up to now I never really focused on cut insignia, what I find here is that these provide excellent examples on how the insignia was sewn on. Willy has already mentioned this. As we can see, there really isn't any particular "rule" when it comes to sewing - zig-zag, straight stitch, hand stitch, wide, narrow, etc....

Thanks for showing all this, guys.

ss