Pz. tabs and some early boards

[STUG III]

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[STUG III]

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[Johnny R]

Thanks, did you personally buy these from the man that brought them back? Did he give you any info on them?

[STUG III]

boards

Yes. The officers boards and tabs were picked up in Italy. The continental boards he swiped in Austria. I also picked up a bunch of Luft boards and patches, that is my field. Black on white Luft. eagles, cap and breast. Some medals as well. Dave.

[Johnny R]

The colors would be for a Panzer officer in the HG Division. They fought in Sicily and mainland Italy. I would suggest trying to get clear photos in daylight and post them in the LW section of the forum for comments.

[naxos]

Boards and sculls are original (cannot comment on the tabs)

[LuckyStrike23]

What makes you think the tabs are bad? All these items were a vet purchase. Please explain, would appreciate the feed back. Dave.

piping of the tabs is neither wool, nor rayon or basket wave. I have never seen original tabs with this kind of piping.

[Richard P]

The tabs are piped with felted wool...it was the most expensive option for visor caps and insignia. I have seen it many times over the years. I have private purchase wraps and all the piping is done with felted wool.

The tab piping is also sewn properly as observed in post #17. It is the same way it is sewn on boards and collars. The skulls are original. I will leave the buckram to the buckram experts. I do not see anything wrong with the tabs.

Richard

[LuckyStrike23]

The tabs are piped with felted wool...it was the most expensive option for visor caps and insignia. I have seen it many times over the years. I have private purchase wraps and all the piping is done with felted wool.

Yes its some kind of felted wool. I saw it sometimes on straps but never yet on tabs. All the private purchased wraps i have seen had either rayon tabs or the classic wool tabs.