URGEND ID request on "Ostfriesland" cuff

[Marc verstraete]

Hello all, I’m in a pickle here...... What do you guys think of this ?????<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o></o>

Detlef Niemann wrote a certificate of authenticity for it…. I’ve never seen or heard of this band and there are 5/6 wires instead of the 7 "requested"….All opinions highly appreciated.<o></o>

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Marc

[Marc verstraete]

Ostfriesland

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[willysproject]

Hi Marc,

Here is the information I have about it....

It's an SS Totenkopfverbände cufftitle for:
1. SS-Wachtruppe "Ost-Friesland" camp Esterwegen, March 1935
2. SS-Wachtsturmbann IV "Ost-Friesland" camp Esterwegen April 1936
3. All ranks in the IV SS-Totenkopf Wachtverbande and Staff of camp Sachsenhausen.

I got this information from an older book on SS cloth by Adjt O.R. VAN HERCK, written in 1987, in Dutch. I've already seen some errors in this old book... Maybe others can say if the above information is correct.

Kind regards,
Gerd V

[Greg Domian]

Marc,
There are a few collectors who believe in the 5/6 strand boarders as being authentic. I for one do not believe in them. The stiching in the letters is fine but from what I can see from the band material and the 5/6 boarders..I would pass.

Greg

[Marc verstraete]

I must say that I am amazed by the numerous and enthusiastic reactions on this post…….

Where are all the “experts” in SS cloth and Cuff’s?

When the topic goes over common items that everyone knows and has been disused over

and over, then there are plenty of answers and opinions but when a real problem shows up… nobody home.

Had to go to the concurrence (GD) http://daggers.infopop.cc/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/7480909271/m/1470078473

to get a little more attention!

Disappointedly yours,

Marc

[Gary Wood]

marc

what is that around the lettering on the back? glue? is it around all the lettering?
cheers
gary