sniper patch

[Johnny R]

This is the sniper patch that was authorized to wear on the Bundeswehr gray uniform for those authorized the patch in WWII. It is modern BeVo like and on the Bundeswehr gray background. It was made by the same company that produced the BeVo like Bundeswehr collar tabs and unit arm shields.


They were aviilable, in surplus, back in the 1960s and 1970s and offered as originals by many dealers. We now know better.

Bob Hritz

Thanks Bob, I supect the other embroidered type like I posted was for use on the gray service uniform. I saw a set of original 1957 embroidered awards at the panzer museum in Munsterlager in 1985 but could not remember what they looked like.

[MrSmith]

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.

Hi again Willi

Can you tell us, about the Thomas Voss book, does it have many pictures?

What is the other book you have there?



thank you.


thanks for your help

[naxos]

Here is a re-production sniper badge from a 1980s catalog (

[tgn]

It has been awhile since any posts were added to this thread. This is somewhat disappointing as no real conclusions were reached. To that end, I have some more information to add. I posted two hand embroidered versions that I originally purchased as genuine, but now think are post war '57 versions. To support this, I am posting this photo on page 197 in the book: Orden und Ehrenzeichen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland by Johannes Ottinger: