Help with identification and a strange patch error....

[Elvis]

Hi Guys,

I picked these up in the big lot I purchased a while ago. I was wondering what the first patch was and if you guys noticed something strange about one of them. (It's not that hard but I figured I would make you work a little)

[johnrtse]

I don't know what they are, but I do see that the swaz is backwards on the third one.

John

Hi Guys,

I picked these up in the big lot I purchased a while ago. I was wondering what the first patch was and if you guys noticed something strange about one of them. (It's not that hard but I figured I would make you work a little)

[atcase]

Hi all,

the top badge is for the peaked cap for pilots of flying boats, the second two are L/WMtrade badges for rangefinder i belive the one with the gold border denotes 1 years service.

This is only a description and not a guarentee of authenticity.
Ashley

[Elvis]

Thanks guys.

I am 110% sure these are real. I had no clue what the first one was. Do you think there was an error in the stencil for the stitching of the swaz?

[atcase]

Hi Elvis,
just some more info on the top badge :- it is actuall belongs to members of the Seefliegerhorstflugsicherung ! abreviated as S.Fl.HFS an airsea rescue / coastal commmand unit (which most certainly used flying boats !!) as well as ships. The silver on blue was for technical personell the yellow for deck personell, the insignia was also in metal.
JFYI
Ashley

[BadBob]

I always like to see items from this unit. They're few and far between.

[Garth Thompson]

I always like to see items from this unit. They're few and far between.

Couple more examples I thought you'd like to see.
Garth

[BadBob]

Those are terrific, thanks for posting them. Did you get them all at once or over a period of time?

[Garth Thompson]

Those are terrific, thanks for posting them. Did you get them all at once or over a period of time?

Picked them bit at a time looking through riker mounts and patch boxes.
Garth

[Carl Ellingstad]

Do anyone have photos of the tunics and headgear this unit used?


Regards

Carl

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Carl, there a few photos in the book "Headgear of Hitler's Germany" Vol. 1. Published by Bender in 1989. All the pics are credited to George Petersen. There is shown an original white top visor cap, plus three period photos of the tunics and blue & white top caps in wear.


Cheers, Ade.

[Carl Ellingstad]

Adrian: Thanks for the information!

But does anyone knows about either tunic or headgear in any collections today?

Regards

Carl

[BadBob]

Just picked up this tiny embroidered insignia. Different than anything I've seen so far.

[BadBob]

The reverse. Has anyone seen one like it, or know if they're being faked?

[BadBob]

I've obtained another visor cap cord attributed to the Air/Sea rescue service; specifically, the boat crewmen. There's still precious little information around regarding the unit, so I have nothing to compare it to, unfortunately.