KM kadett and/or career insignia for supplementary officer..?

[Hans Kristian]

Hey all,

I have these 3 insignia; I am sure the 2 on the right are insignia for a Sanitätskadett, but i was wondering if the one on the left is for a supplementary medical officer..?..

It is clearly a gold wire boarder and not yellow thread.

Please share your opinion on this.

Best regards,
Hans Kristian

[Hans Kristian]

More details of the insignia in question:

[danish dragoon]

I would say that all of the patches is made for a "Sanitäts Kadett" . The one on the left , is just a hand embroidered version.

[glaser]

3x Kadett

[Hans Kristian]

Thanks guys, very wide variation I must say. But good to know.

Hans Kristian

[km-spain]

Agree with them, Kadett. You can find many variations, gold wire, cellon, cotton thread, ...

[germanpolice]

The wire one could also be for supplementary officer.

Question: Was the kadet worn on both upper arms or just the left arm?

photos I have all have the kadet on the left arm, with the right arm not visible on the photos

[km-spain]

The Kadetten wore just one career insignia on the top of the left arm. The construction and size of the suplemmentary office sleeve insignias were different.

[Hans Kristian]

.... The construction and size of the suplemmentary office sleeve insignias were different.

Hi Eduardo,

Thanks for commenting, but I would still like to elaborate a little here:

In Angolia the following can be found on page 206, vol. 1: "Supplementary officers were distinguished by an oval border of gold wire around the sleeve insignia.."
This, and the B/W photo on page 208 correlates quite well with the insignia that I have showed here...or what would be your opinion.?. And do you have any of these insignia to show..?..difficult to discuss because I never saw one..if not mine is such an insignia, that is..

I looked through your book, but could not find any pictures of these...

Best regards,
Hans Kristian

[km-spain]

Hi Hans Kristian,

you are right that is not easy to find original career insignias of supplementary officers, you have examples of these insignias in pages 98 and 100.

First one: engineering officer career insignia of the corps of supplementary officers; second one: insignia for cadet of naval engineers.

[Hans Kristian]

Eduardo, many thanks, now I see the difference -always good to learn.

Best regards,
Hans Kristian

[Larrister]

Supplementary Officer insignia in wear photo. Note the size of the insignia.



Cheers,
Larry

[Hans Kristian]

Supplementary Officer insignia in wear photo. Note the size of the insignia.



Cheers,
Larry

Thanks Larry, yes much smaller than the Kadett.