Please, a doubt about "Prinz Eugen"

[Vic]

I have seen in a delaer site a M36 Heer style tunic for a soldier with the "Prinz Eugen" cuff title. The tunic has not the odal rune but the usual SS one in the collar patch...was this usual or always they wore the Odal rune collar patch??
Thanks:
Victor.

[Robin Lumsden]

Most German SS officers serving with Prinz Eugen wore the Odal-rune to show solidarity with their Volksdeutsche enlisted men. When they did this, they wore the runes on the left breast.

A small number, though, chose to wear the standard SS collar runes, which was their right as laid down by Himmler.

[Vic]

Thanks Robin!

I send you a PM

[Vic]

Uppss...no PM possible?

[Gary Wood]

Victor,
as mentioned by Robin above some officers wore the standard runic collar patch instead of the Odal rune, below are a few photos i posted some time ago on the GD forum from a private album that used to belong to Heinz G
cheers
Gary

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[Vic]

Thanks Gary! Very good photos...
I am sking specifically for EM soldiers with the Prinz Eugen CT that could wear the runes...for example a German dealer has a nice tunic for a Rottenfhurer with the Prinz Eugen CT , but with the runes at the collar...what do you think??
Thanks:
Victor.

[Gary Wood]

Victor,

here is another photo from the album, so some NCO'S wore runics
cheers
Gary

[Vic]

Wow! And a rottenfhurer???

Did you read my PM??
Thanks:
Victor.

[Gary Wood]

Wow! And a rottenfhurer???

Did you read my PM??
Thanks:
Victor.

Victor,
I have seen pictures of lower ranks also wearing runics but you have to remember that these are exceptions to the rule rather than the norm,

If you look in 7.ss-Gebirgs-division Prinz Eugen in Bild by otto kumm you will find some photos there,
for example page 178 shows 2 privates and a unterscharf. the nco is wearing the odal rune the 2 others runics.

But I would say that this practice was more common amongst officers rather than lower ranks.

cheers
Gary
Yes i did get your pm, post the photos on the forum