Seems Like They Could Have Tried Harder.....

[RonR]

R.O.A. breast insignia with a backwards swastika


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[DonC]

Ron, that is the rare variant to be used with the ROA open-necked combat tunic - which as any collector worth his salt will tell you was worn with the tie - so the wearer would not be distracted by a reversed swastika when tying the perfect Nazi knot in the mirror. Charlie Snyder said so himself...

Don

[RonR]

AHA!

Many thanks Don!

You know...you learn something new everyday here on the WAF!

Best regards,

[Richard T]

But what's with the green Ost medal ribbon

[DonC]

Sonderauszeichnung für die Colorblind!

[Stepdale]

Somebody's on a roll, or then again, maybe it's just Jaegermeister!
Dale

[Mike Swan]

G'day Ron.

I'm sure I've seen a photo of the "reversed" insignia in wear. It was assumed that it was sewn to the jacket incorrectly but your example could explain the situation.

Regards, Mike.