SS Collar tab - opinion please.

[Pedersen]

Dear gentlemen.

What do You think of this SS Collar tab. Is it a good one? Opinions are welcome.

Best regards

Pedersen.

[Sergey]

Pics?

[Pedersen]

Another try. This time it hopefully works?

Regards

Pedersen.

[Pedersen]

Backside.

[Sergey]

hi Pedersen, at first sight looks good, but I dont have any idea why one of the rune embroidered only by half.

[Pedersen]

Hi Sergey.

No, I dont have any idea neither. But thanks for your help Sergey. Well, maybe somone else have a comment on this tab?

Regards

Pedersen.

[Mr.Jerry D]

The tab looks good to me, but I think it might have never been finished. No backing material, crude edge lines, etc. I have several US insignia that were 'factory errors' and just discarded, but somewhere along the way someone thought to save it from the trash pile.

[John T]

I agree...I think the thread on the spool broke when they were making this piece leaving the unfinished area.

[Pedersen]

Thank you all for your comments. I think the broken thread on the spoole is a good explanation in this case.

Best regards

Pedersen.

[Felix]

Most likely a factory reject! The folding of the edges are probably done post war to make it look like an issued collar tab.


//Felix

[Pedersen]

Hello Felix. Yes, the folding could be postwar. Has anyone seen tabs or patches with this kind of defect before? (thread suddenly missing).

Regards

Pedersen.

[John T]

I have seen some of the foreign volunteer tabs with this type of defect, I have also seen this effect on eagles and have seen SS tabs with what looked like a smaller percentage of thread used to make the tab.

I have never figured out though if these came at the end of a spool of thread, or if the thread on the spool just broke. Either way you are either going to get a wasted tab or wasted thread.

[Pedersen]

Thanks John T. I guess i just have to live with this tab and the defect on the SS rune.

Best regards

Pedersen.

[Gary Wood]

I agree a original faulty tab, try holding it up to a strong light to see if there are stitch holes in the area where the missing thread is, and also around the outside edge where it would have been sewn onto a collar.

It could have been post war folded or it could have been a period faulty example that has with some use unravelled this would occur if for example the rear stitching had a fault with the tension, I say this because if you look carefully at the back at the outer line on the inside portion you can see some of the stitching is bunched up.

Just a thought
cheers
Gary

[Pedersen]

Hi Gary. Holding it op to a strong light I see stitch holes in the area where the missing thread ought to be. But I see no stitch holes around the outside. So perhaps it could be post war folded.

Regards

Pedersen.