wed all call this fake! REAL SS insignia via period pics =P

[RD Rygaard]

ok I know I'll probably take some heat from some who will say Im making an avenue to fakers & cheats to pass bogus humped up SS stuff. My main intention is just to humble ourselves a lil bit & show that we DONT know all there is to know about SS insignia & its uses! ok Id like to see anyone elses' pics to show bizarre SS insignia & its use! Lets plaese keep this an SS thread! Thanks Rich
PS: I'll be posting more photos over next few days.....

If I saw this skull on a tunic or at a show Id probably toss it....

[RD Rygaard]

[RD Rygaard]

2 "fantasy pieces" or "combo" of an SS & police tunic..... Also note the "fake" red piping on the SS assault gunners tunic....

[RD Rygaard]

Totally "humped up" SS tunic probably from eastern europe.....

[RD Rygaard]

This is the worst repro Ive ever seen! The sleeve eagle is a Heer breast eagle,the collar tabs are converted heer panzer tabs & the shoulder boards are heer! a totally useless fake tunic!

[bnz. 42]

Thanks! The last picture is a killer

[Mike C]

The member of SS-Feldgendarmerie in picture 3 is dressed according to regulations - between August 1942 and October 1944, all members of the gendarmerie were to wear the police eagle vice the SS eagle on their sleeve. Piped SS wrappers, while unusual, are not unknown - RK holder Alfred Siegling of Das Reich had his assault gun wrapper collar and tabs piped in aufklaurer yellow. Notice also that the visor of the TK officer is piped in a non-white waffenfarbe as well...

There are hundreds if not thousands of pictures of unusual SS uniform and insignia combinations - but collectors will always pay a premium for textbook standard.

Mike

[RD Rygaard]

totally fake SS runic collar tabs & fake SS cap (note missing adler" a fake latvian copy......

[RD Rygaard]

another obvious Latvian fake! how could he even be in the Waffen SS...he lost both arms in combat!

[RD Rygaard]

only a novice would be fooled by the grooms uniform in this pic....note the incorrect collar tabs & the piping is wrong width! This is a classic example of "blending" placing fake items in the middle of period pieces (wehrmacht & police tunics are original)

[RD Rygaard]

The member of SS-Feldgendarmerie in picture 3 is dressed according to regulations - between August 1942 and October 1944, all members of the gendarmerie were to wear the police eagle vice the SS eagle on their sleeve. Piped SS wrappers, while unusual, are not unknown - RK holder Alfred Siegling of Das Reich had his assault gun wrapper collar and tabs piped in aufklaurer yellow. Notice also that the visor of the TK officer is piped in a non-white waffenfarbe as well...

There are hundreds if not thousands of pictures of unusual SS uniform and insignia combinations - but collectors will always pay a premium for textbook standard.

Mike

Mike I hope you arent missing out on the sarcasm of this thread.....

these are unpublished orig pics from my collection its just a fun thread thats all.....

[jimt]

we all call this fake

In picture 4 , another option could be that he was transferred from the Police as a re-enforcement to the Totenkopf Div. in 1939-40when it expanded, notice vertical skull collar tab. All three photos are very good studies in the expanded early Totenkopf Division, thanks for sharing them .
Jim Toncar

[RobertE]

EXCELLENT thread! These pictures are obviously posed using film studio props and other badly faked uniforms - thank God these type things are in the bottom of our mistake boxes where they belong. The lengths the fakers will go to... s/f Robert

[Johann Anton]

Wow, period Frankensteins.... Which BTW, was filmed in Ingolstadt...

[RD Rygaard]

Wow, period Frankensteins.... Which BTW, was filmed in Ingolstadt...

lol Johann! I must state this is not a thread trying to bust on anyone or make lite of the minefield anyone who collects SS items must walk thru each time they view a potential purchase. I am the grandson of a Waffen SS vet. I also spent many hrs with my dear friend Mike Beaver (R.I.P.) going over ALOT of SS insignia & this just goes to prove that when you think you have it all worked out BOOM! heres a period proof that smashes ones assumptions.... ok guys limme know or on this thread....I'll be glad to add more pics....& Im glad you guys see the humor in exposing the "fakers"