Tropical Shoulder Straps Lot

[Waffenreich]

Good afternoon gents,

The straps arrived today that we've been discussing in this Thread: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=948022

I am very happy with them as they look better in-hand than they did in the pics, and, there was a surprise that I think reinforces why pics sometimes can be misleading. The pair at 1 - 2:00 that we thought was soiled white waffenfarbe are actually a faded or purposely bleached out pair of nachrichten. White for Heer Flak and MG is pretty cool, but I think tropical Nachrichten is equally as scarce.

So here they are.

vr

Bob

[Waffenreich]

Matching pair of Heer Nachrichten EM with artificial silk piping.

Sorry, I couldn't get the lighting right so it was soft enough to show the powdery lemon-yellow.

[Waffenreich]

Matching pair of Heer Schutzen/Pz Grenadier EM with artificial silk piping.

Tons of character. His tunic and cap must have looked awesome!

[Waffenreich]

Matching pair of Heer Artillery EM with artificial silk piping and kompanie/batterie identification bands made from overseas cap soutache.

[Waffenreich]

Matching pair of Heer Artillery EM with "badge cloth" piping.

[Waffenreich]

Matching pair of Heer Artillery EM with "badge cloth" piping.

[Waffenreich]

Matching pair of Heer Artillery EM continental straps with artificial silk piping and kompanie/batterie identification band.

[Waffenreich]

Mismatched pair of Luftwaffe Flak EM made from shirt "guage" fabric. The artificial silk is slightly more orange-red on one, but they could have been worn together.

[Waffenreich]

Italian single Artillery shoulder strap made from Olona cloth that looks like it was field embellished with the addition of piping.

That's it - hope you enjoyed them.

[Lenny W]

Nice grouping Bob, will you be bringing these to the SOS show

[Waffenreich]

Nice grouping Bob, will you be bringing these to the SOS show

Thanks Lenny. Yes, I'll be bringing them to show a couple of guys here who've contacted me about a few of the pairs.

Safe travels and look forward to seeing you.

Regards!

[Waffenreich]

I made a mistake on the Italian strap. It is Infantry. Artillery in the Royal Italian Army was gold-yellow like Heer Kavallerie.

[Tim O'Keefe]

Great catch Bob, Some of the straps have the extended piping that we have been discussing in other DAK/tropical strap threads.
Glad it was you that got them

So have the NCO & Rosa waffenfarbe straps from this collection been offered yet ?

[90th Light]

These two post number 6 (top image) and 5 (bottom image) look to be Panzer dark Rosa not artillery red

I think you have a couple of nice early matched pairs of deep Pink tropical Panzer boards there

Chris

[Gran Sasso]

Matching pair of Heer Artillery EM with artificial silk piping and kompanie/batterie identification bands made from overseas cap soutache.

This might help:

"Single colors are Bataillon - I. white - II. red - III. yellow - other companies (or a IV. Batl.) within a Regiment are blue

Double colors are Kompanie designators - 1. white/(white) - 2. white/red - 3. white/yellow - 4. white/blue - 5. red/white - 6. red/(red) - 7. red/yellow - 8. red/blue - 9. yellow/white - 10. yellow/red - 11. yellow/(yellow) - 12. yellow/blue - 13. blue/white - 14. blue/red"