Heer cut off breast eagle..

[Stive]

I agree with opinion of Lloyds. Now it is possible to find original threads of the period of the Reich in the Internet, also in the market a set of sewing machines which sew the correct seam. What then problems to sew an eagle to fabric if the sewn eagles on fabric are more expensive?

[WalterB]

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[WalterB]

" as we all know, many of the earlier field blouses had hand sewn eagles."

This is nothing like you would expect from 1930s-40s original sewing

1930s-40s original sewing must refer to a person that is a tailor or, at least, trained or taught how to properly sew. But the reality is that when it comes to an individual soldier, he may or may not have been taught how to sew. If the soldier was not taught how to sew properly, then all rules and expectations are off.

"so, stick with those. There are good arguments made both ways above on this piece. As had been mentioned above, one thing i find compelling in favor of the piece is the mark where the pocket flap once was"

Dont you think that 2 lines of machine stitching cant be faked 1

Sure, but the point is if the faker is going to focus on the little detail of reproducing the stitching of the top of the pocket, dont you think he is going to also focus on doing a better job in the stitching of the eagle?

[WalterB]

Here is an SS tab in my collection with remnants of very crude hand stitching, using white thread, no less! Yuck!

[WalterB]

Here is an SS tab in my collection with remnants of very crude hand stitching, using white thread, no less! Yuck!

Here is a cutoff in my collection that has the tab somewhat crudely hand sewn using olive green thread. This Cutoff was purchased from a vet in the 1970's in California.

As I tried to show, the quality of hand stitching in the 1930'-40's could be very crude as well.

[Willi Z.]

I do not like the piece under review.

There is a pinned link above with almost 1,300 posts and more than 310,000 views on cut off insignia. A great thread to study.

[Welsh RS]

Wow I didn’t expect so many replies.. thanks everyone for taking the time to give me your opinions... I think the best thing to do for me is to stick with the examples that have been shown in the thread by Lloyd’s and my luft example from now on...


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[upbeek]

Be careful of machine sewn as well so many faked examples,