Heer Summer Oberfeldwebel Shoulder Straps

[Wartime Collectables]

Used but clean matched pair. Took me awhile to i.d. these and want to make sure I got it correct. Also, is there a difference between Summer and Tropical straps?
Thanks!

[galizien41]

Do not look original to me.

[Lenny W]

Do not look original to me.

I agree looks like a total hack job who ever made them.

[Wartime Collectables]

FYI... These boards I believe belong to the Der Spiess summer blouse shown in this thread.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru....php?t=1029256
For some unknown reason, the tress and eagle were removed but I found them in the pocket. The tress matches that on these straps and there is heavy shadowing when I peek beneath. I believe these straps are originals that have been upgraded from enlisted straps.

[Tim O'Keefe]

Really bad looking fakes

[Waffenreich]

Agree with the others - just totally horrible repros. The piping looks like what is commercially available at any major fabric/craft store (e.g. Jo-Ann Fabrics, Michael's, etc..).

[Wartime Collectables]

Oh well, can't argue with the knowledge and detail y'all have shared. Thanks! I'll check email in the dust bin.

[pauke]

Believe all comments about these straps being very poor reproductions.

[Tim O'Keefe]

Oh well, can't argue with the knowledge and detail y'all have shared. Thanks! I'll check email in the dust bin.

Here you go Andrew, some fake and original tropical straps to ponder...

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=989602

[Wartime Collectables]

here you go andrew, some fake and original tropical straps to ponder...
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=989602

excellent, thank you!

[Wartime Collectables]

Straps with the tress and pips removed.

[OSS]

Still fake, I'm afraid.

[Wartime Collectables]

Still fake, I'm afraid.

Not sure I get your point or what your afraid of? Yes, still fake, I think that's confirmed. And that's why I added it to the thread on questionable tropical straps.

[OSS]

Simply put, I would not remove tress and pips off straps because someone tells you they don't like them. Either way they are now worthless.

[Wartime Collectables]

Simply put, I would not remove tress and pips off straps because someone tells you they don't like them. Either way they are now worthless.

"Someone" included a mod, 6 members and a Tim O' whose opinion I greatly respect, so worthless was already established. But by dissecting fakes I can learn more than I do from comments like 'hack job' and 'still a fake'. And by trashing them there is no chance of anyone ever getting burned by these down the road.
I'm done, sorry for all this.