sniper patch

[Gene]

Patience dude, been busy!

[mayer]

This one is another matter!! Very nice

[Michael N]

Thats a nice example but unfortunately its not a period piece, still would like to own it as a representative example. Cannot go wrong at that price and thanks for posting it Gene.

Tom your up!

[jacquesf]

These two are known originals. Jacques

[Bob Hritz]

On the uniform sleeve

Bob Hritz

[jacquesf]

Bob, It kills me slowly every time I see that tunic of yours. Jacques

[PANZERPIONIERE]

I agree, I am still in love with that tunic Bob, Steve

[Bob Hritz]

Please check out this thread on a sniper badge I was offered. It looks remarkably like the originally posted example.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...iper+bob+hritz

Bob Hritz

[naxos]

Thats a nice example but unfortunately its not a period piece, ...

One cannot make that statement.
Yes, it is not an accepted original - but it may very well be a period piece.

[Gene]

Agreed

[MrSmith]

Thanks Willi,

I did not realise that book was in English, as I don't read German very well, I've been put off buying it.

By "textbook" I mean those known to be originals. We have discussed these for years here and there have been numerous original examples posted in the past. I just looked at 2 superb examples at the Max. I also have a number of photos of originals. They all exhibit the identical features.

These two books are the only two I have handy which feature nice "textbook" originals. The two I saw last week were the same.

[Johnny R]

On the uniform sleeve

Bob Hritz

Magic M44, nice stuff.

[Jos L C]

I'm not a sniper specialist, but the one Gene's showing is worth investigating IMO, I like the work ..

Jos.

[Gene]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I feel it is genuine but would never say unequivocally that it is a definite wartime variant. I was offered a tidy sum for it about 10 years ago but opted to keep it because with my luck, as soon as I sell it some pic will appear of some Volkssturm sniper or something wearing this identical badge. So, in the collection it stayed.

[Michael N]

Yes, it is not an accepted original - but it may very well be a period piece

Of course you can! Maybes, possibility, variants, etc thats not a way to build a collection.

From the photos presented that is NOT a factory piece. And looking at it closer I can tell you that stiching is NOT period embroidery. Early post-war.