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    #1

    HG Tropical Boards

    Would appreciate some opinions on these HG tropical boards.
    Thanks, Doug
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          #5
          They look promising but better pics would be great
          WAF LIFE COACH

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            #6
            I won't claim to have seen everything, but I have never seen a pair of trop straps (either Army or LW) with badge cloth piping. This alone scares me.

            If I am wrong I am willing to take an education.

            Bob

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              Doug, I am with Bob on these so far.
              Willi

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                #8
                wow, I can't see anything promising here.
                Wrong material, wrong piping, and not the best buttons holes

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                  #9
                  agreed. all bad.

                  Originally posted by alexandre View Post
                  wow, I can't see anything promising here.
                  Wrong material, wrong piping, and not the best buttons holes

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                    Originally posted by Waffenreich View Post
                    I won't claim to have seen everything, but I have never seen a pair of trop straps (either Army or LW) with badge cloth piping...

                    If I am wrong I am willing to take an education.

                    Bob
                    Although I would be hard pressed to prove it, I believe I have.

                    As to the examples in this thread, I could entertain doubts.

                    B. N. Singer

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                      #11
                      What, seen everything or straps with badge cloth?? If the straps you saw had badge cloth I'd bet they were not contract produced examples.


                      Originally posted by B. N. Singer View Post
                      Although I would be hard pressed to prove it, I believe I have.

                      As to the examples in this thread, I could entertain doubts.

                      B. N. Singer
                      Last edited by Waffenreich; 12-06-2010, 11:20 PM.

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                        Originally posted by Waffenreich View Post
                        What seen everything or straps with badge cloth?? If the straps you saw had badge cloth I'd bet they were not contract produced examples.
                        You would lose that bet; a sizeable percentage of early production standard issue Heer tropical shoulder straps featured badge cloth piping. That fact however has no bearing on these straps, which are not typical.

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                          Yeah, I could believe I'd lose that considering production began in 1940. However, I'd still like to see an example though.

                          Originally posted by OSS View Post
                          You would lose that bet; a sizeable percentage of early production standard issue Heer tropical shoulder straps featured badge cloth piping. That fact however has no bearing on these straps, which are not typical.

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                            Originally posted by Waffenreich View Post
                            Yeah, I could believe I'd lose that considering production began in 1940. However, I'd still like to see an example though.
                            The Schiffer volume "Afrikakorps" (Kurtz) has an excellent section on Heer and Luftwaffe shoulder insignia with many clear color photographs of original straps. You will find a number of (Heer) examples with badge cloth piping.

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                              Originally posted by Waffenreich View Post
                              Yeah, I could believe I'd lose that considering production began in 1940. However, I'd still like to see an example though.
                              Well I have got faded WH ones with badge cloth piping brought back from Africa by New Zealand soldiers and yes I believe that they are 1940 or early 1941 production because that is when the first German tropical uniforms were produced and many of the units that arrived in the first part of 1941 were wearing 1940 dated uniforms with badge cloth piping on the shoulder boards. This early stuff is very sought after by collectors today.

                              I have not, however, seen any boards like the ones which started this thread and would investigate these further or ask John Hodgin,

                              Chris

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