Very rare Luftwaffe insignia

[John Hodgin]

Time to continue.


Collar tabs of a Panzer officer of the HG Division, late war. I knew that this variant existed but never imagined that one day I get a pair. Interestingly the zinc skulls are silver-coated.

Congratulations Steve, these are amazing, have never seen any like this before!

[RamJet]

Thanks, John!

One can feel the quality of the tabs when have them in hands. Very smooth fabric and thin, delicate backing, matching the quality of the silver-coated skulls. The pics can't reproduce that direct feeling.

[kevin john]

Hi all, what an entertaining and eyeopening thread this is, having just started collecting i started with iron crosses but quickly moved onto Luftwaffe badges,i had not really looked at insignia but what a surprise i have had the ones shown on this thread are really amazing and i now realise that i am going to need deeper pockets if i am going to carry on collecting as i will add a few insignia to my small but growing collection kevin.

[RamJet]

Welcome and happy collecting, Kevin!


Here is my newest acquisition, a pair of HG Sturmartillerie collar patches.

[kevin john]

Truly a beautiful pairyour very lucky kevin.

[RamJet]

The Felddivision brothers of the HG Panzer officer collar tab set in post #161.

The zinc skulls have already seen better times ...

[RamJet]

Here comes an arm badge for Besondere Leistungen als Geräteverwalter für Flugzeuggerät, hand-embroidered for a NCO.

[Gary B]

Nothing more I can say here that I did not already say to you in my e-mail!!!

Stunning!!!!

Gary B

P.S. I have never seen heavy cotton thread and bullion used in such an artistic manner.

[Marc verstraete]

I'm back with a few interested items

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[PaulR]

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Wow. Those are amazing. Love be the civilian employee insignia.

[Gary B]

Not as nice as Ramjet's but does have the mixed bullion and heavy thread work.

Gary B

[Tony]

Here's my Armorer specialty badge.

Tony

[RamJet]

The first time I bought a single collar tab, because this one is exceedingly rare: Oberfähnrich (Ing.) mit bestandener Prüfung

[bradcancian]

Hi RamJet - I saw this tab when it went on sale. There is still some debate as to whether this rank existed. Ingenieurkorps was an officer only branch.

Cheers

Brad C.

[Gary B]

Tony, great patch. I love the 2 tone effect of the threads to differentiate between wood and metal.

Steve.......I can't believe you beat me to it! I ordered the patch, paid with PayPal, my account was charged, got the message that the order will be processed in order....and then got a refund Argggh! Congrats on obtaining a patch I have never seen before!

Gary B